Search Results for: United States

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

Opioids and Cancer Pain Management in the United States: Public Policy and Legal Challenges.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jun 01, 2019 To review current opioid guidelines, public policy, and legal challenges that can threaten optimal management of cancer pain. National guidelines, professional web sites, journal articles, ... Read more

June 1, 2019June 1, 2019

Disparities in opioid related mortality between United States counties from 2000 to 2014.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jun 01, 2019 The general increase in opioid-related deaths is well documented, and disparities by geographic regions and demographic characteristics have been observed as well. However, the distribution ... Read more

June 1, 2019June 1, 2019

Trial design for assessing analytical and clinical performance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assays in the United States: The HIGH-US study.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Jun 01, 2019 High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assays have been developed that quantify lower cTnI concentrations with better precision versus earlier generation assays. hs-cTnI assays allow improved ... Read more

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019

Managing Pain in Patients and Survivors: Challenges Within the United States Opioid Crisis.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: May 01, 2019 Advances in cancer treatment have led to a growing number of survivors. At least 40% of those survivors live with chronic pain and need pain ... Read more

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019

Opioids crisis has spread beyond United States – OECD

Opioids News

Publication date: May 17, 2019 PARIS, May 16 (Reuters) – Opioid use has reached crisis proportions not only in the United States but also in Canada and some European countries, ... Read more

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

Fentanyl shock: The changing geography of overdose in the United States.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: May 09, 2019 Rapid increases in drug overdose deaths in the United States since 2014 have been highly regionally stratified, with the largest increases occurring in the eastern ... Read more

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019

In Reply-The Importance of Educational Interventions and Regional Analgesia in Tackling the Opioid Crisis in the United States.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: May 01, 2019 Ziegelmann, M.J., Habermann, E.B., and Gettman, M.T. In Reply-The Importance of Educational Interventions and Regional Analgesia in Tackling the Opioid Crisis in the United States. ... Read more

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019

The Importance of Educational Interventions and Regional Analgesia in Tackling the Opioid Crisis in the United States.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: May 01, 2019 Hamid, H.K.S. The Importance of Educational Interventions and Regional Analgesia in Tackling the Opioid Crisis in the United States. 03484. 2019 Mayo Clin Proc (94):5. ... Read more

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019

Cost-effectiveness of pembrolizumab for the adjuvant treatment of resected high-risk stage III melanoma in the United States.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Apr 23, 2019 To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of adjuvant pembrolizumab relative to observation alone following complete resection of high-risk stage III melanoma with lymph node involvement, from a ... Read more

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019

Preventing Opioid Overdose Mortality in the United States

Opioids News

Publication date: Apr 23, 2019 This study aims to generate knowledge regarding the process of implementing naloxone within syringe service programs (SSPs), and to test whether external facilitation can improve ... Read more