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Chronic Pain and Addiction Patients Need Us Now More Than Ever
Image credit: Pexels Author: Shane A. Sobrio, MDOriginally published: Common SenseMarch/April 2021 Flashback to 2019. Hong Kong protests were raging on, the U.S. Women’s National Team won the world cup, Donald Trump was being impeached, and the health care battle continued to revolve around the opioid epidemic. It wasn’t necessarily easy, but it was familiar. […] -
The Utility of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy in the Management of Acute Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose
Image Credit: Wikipedia This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Mary E. Blaha, DO Indiana University School of MedicineAAEM/RSA Publications and Social Media Committe Calcium channel blocker (CCB) overdose is a potentially lethal toxicity with multiple management options available. Intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy is a potential treatment that is being used with […] -
Tox Talk: Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose
Image Credit: Flickr Author: Erica Schramm, MS4Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Originally Published: Modern Resident April/May 2016 Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are used to treat a variety of common conditions such as hypertension, cardiac dysrhythmias and headaches. But use of CCBs is not without risk, particularly in cases of toxicity and overdose. CCBs are […] -
Relevance of New CDC Opiate Guidelines for Emergency Physicians
Author: Samuel Bergin, MSIV, Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesChad Roberts, MSII and Scott Pew, MPH Candidate University of Utah Originally Published: Modern Resident April/May 2016 EpidemiologyWhile the CDC was compiling data from 1999 to 2014, more than 165,000 people in the US died from overdoses linked to prescription opioids.[1] The opioids most commonly […]
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