Search results for "Addiction"
May 3, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/03/
January issue is online and in the mail
This month's main story focuses on debates in sepsis care and ACP Hospitalist will hold a Twitter chat on the subject on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 5 p.m. Eastern.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/16/5.htm
16 Jan 2019
Drug dependence and abuse
For coding purposes, the term “addiction” is not used, but is treated as synonymous with “dependence.”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/coding.htm
15 Dec 2010
Nearly all patients received prescription opioids after an overdose, study finds
In the 90 days before an overdose, 56% of studied patients were dispensed a benzodiazepine, 59% had claims with a mental health diagnosis, and 41% had claims with a substance use disorder.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/13/2.htm
13 Jan 2016
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
The March issue is now online
The March issue of ACP Hospitalist is now online, with stories about substance abuse in physicians, a novel transitions-of-care program, and cardiac monitoring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/21/6.htm
21 Mar 2012
The IMPACT of treating addiction
One hospital launched a consult service focused on inpatients with substance use disorders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/success-story-the-impact-of-treating-addiction.htm
15 Apr 2019
Anticonvulsant may increase mortality risk when coprescribed with opioids
All doses of pregabalin were associated with increased odds of opioid-related death compared to taking opioids without pregabalin, but the risk was higher with pregabalin doses above 300 mg/d.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/22/4.htm
22 Aug 2018
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
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