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A cost benefit analysis of a virtual overdose monitoring service/mobile overdose response service: the national overdose response service
BackgroundThe overdose crisis continues across Canada which calls for novel harm reduction strategies. Previous research indicates that a majority of...
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Overdose from Unintentional Fentanyl Use when Intending to Use a Non-opioid Substance: An Analysis of Medically Attended Opioid Overdose Events
Fentanyl-mixed and substituted heroin is well-documented, but less is known about unintentional fentanyl use among people using stimulants. To...
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Implementing Canada’s first national virtual phone based overdose prevention service: lessons learned from creating the National Overdose Response Service (NORS)
The opioid epidemic remains one of the largest public health crises in North America to date. While there have been many diverse strategies developed...
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Association of drug overdoses and user characteristics of Canada’s national mobile/virtual overdose response hotline: the National Overdose Response Service (NORS)
BackgroundSeveral novel overdose response technology interventions, also known as mobile overdose response services (MORS), have emerged as adjunct...
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Reducing overdose deaths among persons with opioid use disorder in connecticut
BackgroundPeople in Connecticut are now more likely to die of a drug-related overdose than a traffic accident. While Connecticut has had some success...
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Creating and evaluating the score to assess overdose: the OD score
BackgroundDuring disasters (including epidemics such as coronavirus disease 2019), the capacity of emergency departments is exceeded, thereby...
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Overdose prevention activities led by local public health departments, 2019–2023
BackgroundDrug overdose deaths in the United States increased to historic levels in recent years, with provisional estimates indicating more than...
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Acetaminophen overdose: analysis of 2018 US nationwide emergency database
IntroductionRecognized risk factors for acetaminophen overdose include alcohol, opioids, and mood disorders. The aim of this study is to assess...
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Neighborhood and Individual Disparities in Community-Based Naloxone Access for Opioid Overdose Prevention
Improving access to naloxone for laypersons is a cornerstone of the US strategy to reduce opioid overdose deaths. This study evaluated change in...
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Understandings, attitudes, practices and responses to GHB overdose among GHB consumers
BackgroundGamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is used at disproportionately high rates within sexuality and gender diverse communities and carries a high...
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Racial/ethnic inequality in homelessness and drug overdose deaths in US States
PurposeThis study examined whether state-level racial disproportionality in homelessness is associated with racial disproportionality in overdose...
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Using alone at home: What’s missing in housing-based responses to the overdose crisis?
BackgroundAgainst the backdrop of North America’s overdose crisis, most overdose deaths are occurring in housing environments, largely due to...
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The relationship between felt stigma and non-fatal overdose among rural people who use drugs
BackgroundDrug overdose deaths in the United States exceeded 100,000 in 2021 and 2022. Substance use stigma is a major barrier to treatment and harm...
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Social and economic determinants of drug overdose deaths: a systematic review of spatial relationships
PurposeTo synthesize the available evidence on the extent to which area-level socioeconomic conditions are associated with drug overdose deaths in...
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Older adult drug overdose: an application of latent class analysis to identify prevention opportunities
BackgroundOlder adult overdose death rates have increased significantly in recent years. However, research for prevention of drug overdose death...
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Predicting accidental drug overdose as the cause of fatality in near real-time using the Suspected Potential Overdose Tracker (SPOT): public health implications
BackgroundEffective responses to the worsening drug overdose epidemic require accurate and timely drug overdose surveillance data. The objectives of...
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Psychosocial factors associated with overdose subsequent to Illicit Drug use: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Background and aimsPsychological and social status, and environmental context, may mediate the likelihood of experiencing overdose subsequent to...
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A case report of an accidental iatrogenic dexmedetomidine overdose in an adult
BackgroundDexmedetomidine is a sedative drug with a wide safety margin.
Case presentationWe present a case of accidental iatrogenic dexmedetomidine...
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Recent Trends in Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths in New York City, 1999 to 2020
This study aimed to assess the temporal trends in opioid-involved overdose deaths in New York City (NYC) from 1999 to 2020 overall, and by age, sex,...
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Associations with experience of non-fatal opioid overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a repeated cross sectional survey study
IntroductionLives lost in North America due to the unregulated drug poisoning emergency are preventable and those who survive an opioid overdose may...