Eight CME courses that can help healthcare professionals satisfy mandatory DEA MATE requirements are now available in SMA’s online CME libary. These courses provide essential knowledge to enhance patient care and support professional development and include: Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder/Overview of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Neurobiology of Addiction Screening/Treatment…
Four CME courses that can help healthcare professionals satisfy mandatory DEA requirements on opioids and/or substance use disorders are now available in SMA’s online CME libary. These courses provide essential knowledge to enhance patient care and support professional development and include: Assessment and Management of Patients with Pain and Substance…
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the Edwards EVOQUE Tricuspid Valve Replacement System – P230013.
In this podcast, Southern Medical Journal (SMJ) Editor-in-Chief Dr. Steven Baldwin is joined by Dr. Martin Olsen to discuss the topic of “Rise in Rate of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is Associated with Rise in Buprenorphine Prescription Numbers”.
In this podcast, Ms. Heather Martin and Drs. Darlene Traffanstedt and Sue Feldman discuss their external curricula content analysis used to help identify curriculum content for the Alabama Health Professions Opioid Education Project.
Objectives: Opioid receipt during medical hospitalizations may be associated with subsequent long-term use. Studies, however, have not accounted for pain, which may explain chronic use. The objective of this study was to identify the association between opioid exposure during a medical hospitalization and use 6 to 12 months later. Methods:…
Objectives: To evaluate caregivers’ practice of prescription medication storage, particularly of opioid medications, as well as to provide educational materials to families about the opioid crisis. Methods: Caregivers of patients in a pediatric emergency department were asked to participate in a survey about medication storage practices and beliefs, focusing on…
Objectives: The objective of the study was to determine if pain control was adequate despite our policy of limited opioid use. Methods: In this observational cohort study, we reviewed 300 consecutive patient charts from an internal medicine department. We extracted demographic data, as well as the patients’ primary diagnosis, pain…
Oxycodone and oxycodone-containing analgesics are often used for the relief of pain. In the presence of renal dysfunction, the half-life of oxycodone and metabolites can be prolonged. We describe the case of a 41-year-old chronic hemodialysis patient who received multiple doses of oxycodone/acetaminophen resulting in accumulation of the medication and…
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