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The rising tide of opioid use and abuse: the role of the anesthesiologist

Opioid use has risen dramatically in the past three decades. In the USA, opioid overdose has become a leading cause of unintentional death, surpassing motor vehicle accidents. A patient’s first exposure to opioids may be during the perioperative period, a time where anesthesiologists have a signific...

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Autores principales: Koepke, Elena J., Manning, Erin L., Miller, Timothy E., Ganesh, Arun, Williams, David G. A., Manning, Michael W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13741-018-0097-4