US trends in opioid access among patients with poor prognosis cancer near the end-of-life

AC Enzinger, K Ghosh, NL Keating… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Heightened regulations have decreased opioid prescribing across the United
States, yet little is known about trends in opioid access among patients dying of cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic opioid therapy: a scoping literature review on evolving clinical and scientific definitions

Y Shen, H Bhagwandass, T Branchcomb, SA Galvez… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The management of chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) with chronic opioid therapy (COT) is
controversial. There is a lack of consensus on how COT is defined resulting in unclear …

Transporting to treatment: Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile engagement unit

RE Stewart, L Shen, N Kwon, J Vigderman… - Journal of Substance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Substance use treatment providers have increasingly developed novel
engagement and low-threshold treatment services (such as mobile treatment units) to meet …

Evaluation of opioid use among patients with back disorders and arthritis

CJ Hayes, N Payakachat, C Li - Quality of Life Research, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Long-term opioid use for chronic pain has increased, but limited evidence exists on
its benefits. Evaluation of long-term benefits in pain is based on patient-reported measures …

Opioid use and length of stay following minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair in 436 patients–benefits of an enhanced recovery pathway

DM Holmes, SF Polites, PL Roskos, CR Moir - Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine outcomes of an enhanced recovery
pathway (ERP) for minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) at a high volume …

Healthrelated quality of life among chronic opioid users, nonchronic opioid users, and nonopioid users with chronic noncancer pain

CJ Hayes, X Li, C Li, A Shah, N Kathe… - Health services …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Evaluate the association between opioid therapy and healthrelated quality of life
(HRQ oL) in participants with chronic, noncancer pain (CNCP). Data Sources Medical …

Increased intraoperative faculty entrustment and resident entrustability does not compromise patient outcomes after general surgery procedures

AM Williams, M Karmakar, J Thompson-Burdine… - Annals of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Intraoperative resident autonomy has been compromised secondary to
expectations for increased supervision without defined parameters for safe progressive …

Fatal poisonings involving propoxyphene before and after voluntary withdrawal from the United States' market: An analysis from the state of Florida

C Delcher, G Chen, Y Wang, S Slavova… - Forensic science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The synthetic opioid propoxyphene was a schedule IV controlled substance with multiple
reported health risks before the US Food and Drug Administration issued a request for …

Propoxyphene mediates oxyhemoglobin-induced injury in rat cortical neurons through up-regulation of active-β-catenin

Y Li, J Wang, Z Li, H Cheng, Z Zhang, T Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Wnt/β-catenin signaling is involved in various biological processes, including the
development of the central nervous system. The dysfunction of mitochondria has been …

Response to propoxyphene market withdrawal: analgesic substitutes, doses, and adverse events

MM Jeffery, NE Morden, M Larochelle, ND Shah… - Medical care, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Experts cautioned that patients affected by the November 2010 withdrawal of the
opioid analgesic propoxyphene might receive riskier prescriptions. To explore this, we …