Assessing the impact of a new medical toxicology service on the treatment of paracetamol overdose at a large tertiary care hospital - Bronshtein E, Segev O, Scolnik D, Glatstein M.
BACKGROUND: Paracetamol overdose is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States. Administration of acetylcysteine is the standard of care for this intoxication. Laboratory values and clinical criteria are used to guide treatment durat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Overdosing on Chemo: A Common Gene Test Could Save Hundreds of Lives Each Year
(MedPage Today) -- One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life.
Rosen, a 70-year-old retired... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 26, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Overdosing on Chemo: A Common Gene Test Could Save Hundreds of Lives Each Year
(MedPage Today) -- One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life.
Rosen, a 70-year-old retired... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 26, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Acceptability and anticipated effectiveness of a safe supply of opioids, among people who inject opioids in King County, WA - Palayew A, Banta-Green CJ, Lamont M, Damper D, Moreno C, Goodreau SM, Mooney SJ, Glick SN.
We examined the acceptabilit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Maker of B.C. overdose prevention device says it helped save 15 lives in 1 year
The company behind a first-of-its-kind overdose prevention device says 15 people in British Columbia are alive today after LifeguardLite called for help when they couldn't. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
"Deaths of despair" over the business cycle: new estimates from a shift-share instrumental variables approach - Lowenstein C.
This study presents new evidence of the effects of short-term economic fluctuations on suicide, fatal drug overdose, and alcohol-related mortality among working-age adults in the United States from 2003-2017. Using a shift-share instrumental variables appr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Exploring the major triggers of seizures due to drug overdose and their corresponding countermeasures - Aljefri A, Alkhateeb A, Alkhaibari A, Gabban R, Alamin O, Alribh F, Alanazi F, Abualiat T, Alshehab S, Aljuhani G, Diqarshawi A, Altalhi A, Albeladi A.
Seizures in the context of drug overdose present a complex challenge, primarily arising from central nervous system (CNS) stimulation, electrolyte imbalances, reduced seizure thresholds, drug interactions, hepatic impairment, and direct CNS toxicity. Commo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
" Our Country Is Being Poisoned " : 270,000 Overdose Deaths Catapult Fentanyl As Major Voter Topic In Presidential Race
"Our Country Is Being Poisoned": 270,000 Overdose Deaths Catapult Fentanyl As Major Voter Topic In Presidential Race In a recent interview on Fox News, former President Donald Trump warned, "Our country is being poisoned from within by the drugs and by all of the other crime that's taking place."…#votertopic #donaldtrump #ukraine #gaza #unityagenda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Almost 108,000 Americans Died of Drug Overdoses in 2022, Another Record
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final federal figures released Thursday by the CDC.
Over the last two decades, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has risen almost every year and continued... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Life Expectancy Increased From 2021 to Reach 77.5 Years in 2022
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 -- Life expectancy increased to 77.5 years in 2022, while the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 2002 to 2022 but did not change from 2021 to 2022, according to two March data briefs published by the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Drug overdoses reach another record with almost 108,000 Americans in 2022, CDC says
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
270,000 Overdose Deaths Thrust Fentanyl Into Heart of US Presidential Race
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
300 Americans are dying per DAY from drug overdoses as fentanyl epidemic reaches new record, new CDC data shows
A CDC-led report found there were a record 107,941 deaths from overdoses that year, the latest available - the equivalent of 300 fatalities per day and up one percent on the year before. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Probe electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry for the detection and quantification of benzodiazepines - Griffeuille P, El Balkhi S, Dulaurent S, Saint-Marcoux F.
This study aimed to develop a ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Rapid identification of suspected drug overdose deaths by death investigators, New Jersey, 2020 - Hochstatter KR, Williams M, Latham S, Fenton D, Falzon AL.
We examined the performance of a single-item mandatory radio bu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
