1. CE: Acute Pain Management for Inpatients with Opioid Use Disorder.
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Paschkis Z and Potter ML
- Subjects
- Acute Pain complications, Acute Pain drug therapy, Analgesics, Opioid adverse effects, Analgesics, Opioid therapeutic use, Drug Tolerance physiology, Humans, Opiate Substitution Treatment nursing, Opiate Substitution Treatment standards, Opioid-Related Disorders drug therapy, Opioid-Related Disorders nursing, Pain Management methods, Pain Management nursing, Pain Measurement methods, Pain Measurement nursing, Pain Measurement standards, Acute Pain nursing, Analgesics, Opioid administration & dosage, Attitude of Health Personnel, Opioid-Related Disorders complications, Pain Management standards
- Abstract
Overview: Like most hospital inpatients, those with opioid use disorder (OUD) often experience acute pain during their hospital stay and may require opioid analgesics. Unfortunately, owing to clinicians' misconceptions about opioids and negative attitudes toward patients with OUD, such patients may be inadequately medicated and thus subjected to unrelieved pain and unnecessary suffering. This article reviews current literature on the topic of acute pain management for inpatients with OUD and dispels common myths about opioids and OUD.
- Published
- 2015
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