Prescription of Opioids for Opioid-Naive Medical Inpatients
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Prescription of opioids for opioid-naive medical inpatients.
BACKGROUND Harms associated with prescription opioids are a major and increasing public health concern. Prescribing of opioids for inpatients may contribute to the problem, especially if primary care practitioners continue opioid therapy that is initiated in hospital. OBJECTIVES To describe the extent and nature of opioid prescribing for opioid-naive patients (i.e., no use of opioids within 2...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1920-2903,0008-4123
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v67i5.1387