Search results for "Addiction Medicine"
High stakes: Considerations about cannabis
More Americans are taking cannabis, complicating inpatient care. Understanding patients' use patterns and history is key to mitigating risks during a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/free/high-stakes-considerations-about-cannabis.htm
7 Feb 2024
Handling HCV in the hospital
A program led by infectious disease specialists began treating inpatients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/free/handling-hcv-in-the-hospital.htm
6 Dec 2023
Finding a better way to handle inpatient substance use
Many addiction medicine clinicians don't know whether their institutions have policies for responding to suspected substance use during a hospitalization, and those that do often disagree with them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/free/finding-a-better-way-to-handle-inpatient-substance-use.htm
15 Nov 2023
Most buprenorphine prescriptions not continued during hospitalization, VA study finds
An analysis of patients who had active buprenorphine prescriptions before a medical or surgical admission to a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in 2018 to 2020 found that only 74.3% received a prescription for the drug in the 60 days after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/04/most-buprenorphine-prescriptions-not-continued-during-hospitalization-va-study-finds.htm
4 Oct 2023
Hospital addiction medicine consults less likely among Black patients, study finds
In a retrospective study at an urban U.S. safety-net hospital, patients with substance use disorder were less likely to have an order placed for addiction medicine consultation if they were Black than if they were White, and Black patients who did receive an order were less likely to be seen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/hospital-addiction-medicine-consults-less-likely-among-black-patients-study-finds.htm
16 Aug 2023
Considering ketamine
Evidence is limited, but low-dose ketamine may be an appropriate adjunct or alternative to opioids for certain patients in pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/free/considering-ketamine.htm
2 Aug 2023
Opportunities for starting medications for alcohol use disorder often missed
In a national study of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized in 2016 for alcohol use disorder, clinicians rarely initiated naltrexone, acamprosate, or disulfiram during hospital discharge or follow-up care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/opportunities-for-starting-medications-for-alcohol-use-disorder-often-missed.htm
28 Jun 2023
Owning OUD in the hospital
Less than 15% of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive treatment with buprenorphine or methadone during hospitalization. New recommendations for hospitalists aim to change that.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/free/owning-oud-in-the-hospital.htm
2 Nov 2022
Oral antibiotics after incomplete IV therapy showed benefit in patients with history of injection drug use
Among persons who inject drugs who were hospitalized with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, those who received oral antibiotics after an incomplete IV antibiotic course were significantly less likely to experience microbiologic failure or death than patients discharged without oral antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/14/oral-antibiotics-after-incomplete-iv-therapy-showed-benefit-in-patients-with-history-of-injection-drug-use.htm
14 Sep 2022
Treating alcohol withdrawal (and its cause)
Hospitalists should not only adequately address acute alcohol withdrawal but also consider working with patients to treat their alcohol use disorder after discharge, experts said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/treating-alcohol-withdrawal-and-its-cause.htm
15 Jun 2022