Meeting
Abstract Number: 275
SHM Converge 2023
Background: In 2021 there were over 80,000 opioid overdose deaths. Studies show that inpatient hospitalizations are a vital moment in treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). Initiation of opioid agonist therapy (OAT: buprenorphine or methadone) is associated with a profound mortality benefit, with some studies suggesting a number needed to treat of less than […]
Abstract Number: 344
SHM Converge 2023
Background: America is facing an opioid epidemic. From 1997 to 2017 there were 702,000 deaths from drug overdoses of which greater than 50% were from opioids. The opioid epidemic knows no boundaries, it affects men and women of all age groups and socioeconomic status. Hospitalists are now seeing more opioid related hospital admissions which have […]
Abstract Number: 812
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 34-year-old male with a history of opioid use disorder (OUD) was admitted after being found down secondary to heroin overdose. He was given 4 mg naloxone in the field with improvement in Glasgow Coma Score from 3 to 12. After naloxone administration, he was tachycardic, tachypneic, hypertensive, and agitated. He reported taking […]