Hospital Medicine

Substance Use Disorders

Questions discussed in this category

What are your preferred non-benzodiazepine therapies for the hyperactive/agitated phase of methamphetamine withdrawal, both in the hospital and in the office?

Assume QTc is not prolonged, electrolytes are reasonably normal, and the patient is not already on heavy psychotropic polypharmacy.

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How do you manage MAT for opioid use disorder in lung transplant patients during the peri/postoperative period?

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Papers discussed in this category

General hospital psychiatry, 2018

Patterns and predictors of pain following lung transplantation.

The clinical respiratory journal, 2018 Sep

Chronic opioid use and clinical outcomes in lung transplant recipients: A single-center cohort study.

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 2021 Feb 17

Survival implications of prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use in lung transplant recipients: Analysis of linked transplant registry and pharmacy fill records.

Transplantation, 2020 Aug

Pretransplant Opioid Use and Survival After Lung Transplantation.

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