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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Main Authors: Kiersten Gurley, Churchill Onyeii, Jonathan Burstein, Shamai Grossman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2020-06-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-19-067.pdf