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Emergency Department Attending Physician Variation in Opioid Prescribing in Low Acuity Back Pain

INTRODUCTION: Despite treatment guidelines suggesting alternatives, as well as evidence of a lack of benefit and evidence of poor long-term outcomes, opioid analgesics are commonly prescribed for back pain from the emergency department (ED). Variability in opioid prescribing suggests a lack of conse...

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Autores principales: Hoppe, Jason A., McStay, Christopher, Sun, Benjamin C., Capp, Roberta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5654885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29085548
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.7.33306