SGEM#55: Drugs in My Pocket (Opioids in the Emergency Department)

Ensayos extraídos del pódcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2013Performance Improvement Prescribing Guideline for Emergency Department Dental PainEmergency & ResuscitationIn 668 emergency department patients aged 16 and older with dental pain, a departmental opioid prescribing guideline lowered opioid prescriptions to 42% compared with 59% before implementation
• 2009Prescribing of opioid analgesics and related mortality before and after the introduction of long-acting oxycodonePsychiatry & BehaviouralIn3406 opioid-related deaths in Ontario, 1991-2004,adding long-acting oxycodone to the drug formularywas followed bya five-fold rise in oxycodone-related mortalityversusthe pre-2000 period.