Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2021

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-fourth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

[HTML][HTML] Discontinuation and tapering of prescribed opioids and risk of overdose among people on long-term opioid therapy for pain with and without opioid use …

MC Kennedy, A Crabtree, S Nolan, WY Mok, Z Cui… - Plos …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The overdose crisis in North America has prompted system-level efforts to
restrict opioid prescribing for chronic pain. However, little is known about how discontinuing …

Race and ethnicity and emergency department discharge against medical advice

JW Tsai, A Janke, HM Krumholz, H Khidir… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although discharges against medical advice (DAMA) are associated with greater
morbidity and mortality, little is known about current racial and ethnic disparities in DAMA …

“Before medically advised” departure from hospital and subsequent drug overdose: a population-based cohort study

M Khan, XN Hu, A Crabtree, J Moe, T Nasmith… - CMAJ, 2024 - cmaj.ca
Background: A substantial number of hospital admissions end in patient-initiated departure
before medical treatment is complete. Whether “before medically advised”(BMA) discharge …

“Before medically advised” hospital discharge and the risk of subsequent drug overdose: A case‐crossover analysis

JA Staples, X Hu, M Khan… - Journal of Hospital …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patient‐initiated or “before medically advised”(BMA) hospital discharge is more
common among people who use drugs. Transitions of care can be destabilizing and might …

Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm …

S Jiao, V Bungay, E Jenkins, M Gagnon - Harm Reduction Journal, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Emergency Departments (ED) staff, including nurses and physicians,
are most directly involved in the care of people who use unregulated substances, and are …

Universal precautions for people at risk of opioid overdose in North America

E Wood, ED Solomon, SE Hadland - JAMA internal medicine, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
North America is experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic now driven by
illicitly manufactured fentanyl, which has largely displaced prescription opioids and heroin in …

Buprenorphine/naloxone initiation and referral as a quality improvement intervention for patients who live with opioid use disorder: quantitative evaluation of provincial …

KD Stone, K Scott, BR Holroyd, E Lang, K Yee… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives Opioid use disorder is a major public health concern that accounts for a high
number of potential years of life lost. Buprenorphine/naloxone is a recommended treatment …

How an emergency department is organized to provide opioid-specific harm reduction and facilitators and barriers to harm reduction implementation: a systems …

S Jiao, V Bungay, E Jenkins, M Gagnon - Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background The intersection of dual public health emergencies—the COVID-19 pandemic
and the drug toxicity crisis—has led to an urgent need for acute care based harm reduction …

Overdose and mortality risk following a non-fatal opioid overdose treated by Emergency Medical Services in King County, Washington

JE Hood, S Aleshin-Guendel, A Poel, J Liu… - Drug and alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies respond to hundreds of
thousands of acute overdose events each year. We conducted a retrospective cohort study …