Management pathway for emergency department patients in the setting of the opioid epidemic and emergency department overcrowding
Objective The United States is currently in the midst of a major opioid addiction epidemic, of which the primary drivers are a sharp increase in prescription opioid pain medications, their misuse, and the inordinate illicit use of opioids. Declared a national health emergency, the opioid crisis puts...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2020-06-01
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Series: | Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-19-067.pdf |