by Thara Kumar, Robert Suttie, Shahbaz Syed | Sep 14, 2017 | Grand Round Summaries, Toxicology
Opioid and narcotic abuse has been a problem in Canada for some time, but nothing compares to the rapid sweep of opioid-related deaths and hospitalizations that have occurred over the past 2-3 years. While at one time, this problem was limited to a few pockets on the...
by EMOttawa | Jun 19, 2017 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 D’Onofrio G, et al JAMA. 2015 Apr 28;313(16):1636-44. Full Article This single, urban center RCT including 329 patients showed that buprenorphine initiated in the ED was more likely to increase...
