Search results for "Opioids"
Team up to treat opioid addiction
Hospitalists can improve care even without the expertise of an addiction medicine consult service.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/team-up-to-treat-opioid-addiction.htm
15 Sep 2021
Encouraging use of subcutaneous opioids reduces IV opioid prescribing, pilot study finds
One general medicine unit educated prescribers and nursing staff about subcutaneous opioid administration and successfully adopted a standard of practice preferring oral and subcutaneous opioids over IVs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/23/2.htm
23 May 2018
May 18, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/18/
Opioids were commonly used for acute gout treatment, ED study finds
More than 28% of patients with acute gout who were discharged from an ED received an opioid prescription, even though there are other treatment options.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/17/3.htm
17 Jul 2019
January 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/
Non-opioid combo offers similar pain control to 3 opioid combos in ED after 2 hours
Patients with moderate to severe acute extremity pain were randomly assigned to receive ibuprofen and acetaminophen, oxycodone and acetaminophen, hydrocodone and acetaminophen, or codeine and acetaminophen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/15/3.htm
15 Nov 2017
October 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/
Tramadol, gabapentinoids associated with problematic opioid use in hospitalized patients, studies find
One study found that postop tramadol is associated with slightly higher risk of later opioid use versus other short-acting opioids, while another found that gabapentinoids are commonly given off-label in the hospital, sometimes with opioids and benzodiazepines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/22/2.htm
22 May 2019
June 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/
Opioid use disorders
ICD-10-CM contains a large, complex set of combination codes to describe opioid use and its many manifestations, consequences, and related conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/coding-opioid-use-disorders-part-1.htm
15 Mar 2018