State Emergency Department Opioid Guidelines: Current Status
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State Emergency Department Opioid Guidelines: Current Status
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to evaluate and categorize current state-sponsored opioid guidelines for the practice of emergency medicine (EM). METHODS We conducted a comprehensive search of EM-specific opioid prescribing guidelines and/or policies in each state to determine current state involvement in EM opioid prescribing, as well as to evaluate some of the specifics of each g...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.12.30854