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Impact of an emergency department opioid prescribing guideline on emergency physician behaviour and incidence of overdose in the Saskatoon Health Region: a retrospective pre–post implementation analysis

BACKGROUND: Deaths related to opioid overdoses are increasing in North America, with the emergency department being identified as a potential contributor toward this epidemic. Our goal was to determine whether a departmental guideline for the prescribing of restricted medications resulted in a reduc...

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Autores principales: Hartmann, Riley J., Elder, Jeffrey D., Terrett, Luke A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Joule Inc. or its licensors 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7864696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33514601
http://dx.doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200071