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An enhanced recovery after surgery program complemented by a preemptive pain management program is associated with a decrease in opioid prescriptions at discharge following minimally invasive foregut surgery

Proactive Pain Management May Cut Postop Opioid Prescriptions

Program linked to opioid-free discharge following elective minimally invasive benign foregut surgery
Methodological problems and study limitations for trials of the human papillomavirus vaccine create uncertainty about its ability to prevent cervical cancer in the long term

Whether HPV Vaccination Will Prevent Cervical Cancer Unclear

Review highlights limitations of trial design; additional research needed to address uncertainties
A change in the law allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone correlated with a large increase in the number of naloxone orders dispensed in Ohio

More Naloxone Orders Filled When Pharmacists Can Dispense

2,328 percent increase in naloxone orders found in Ohio Medicaid population after policy implementation

January 2020 Briefing – Pharmacy

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pharmacy for January 2020. This roundup includes the latest...
A clinical trial for an HIV vaccine has been halted after it was concluded that it did not prevent infection with the AIDS-causing virus

HIV Vaccine Ineffective, Clinical Trial Halted

NIH-sponsored trial was being conducted in South Africa
A clinical trial to test an experimental antiviral drug's effectiveness against the new coronavirus will be conducted in China as it battles a coronavirus outbreak there.

Experimental Antiviral Drug to Be Tested Against New Coronavirus

Trial to be conducted in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak
Altering the default settings in the electronic medical record can influence the quantity of opioids prescribed in an emergency department setting

Altering Default Settings in EHR Influences Opioid Prescribing

Lower default was associated with lower number of pills prescribed in eight of 15 pairwise comparisons
In a clinical guideline published online Feb. 4 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

U.S. Adult Immunization Schedule Updated for 2020

Shared clinical decision making recommended for HPV in adults age 27 to 45 considered likely to benefit
Timing of treatment start is an important predictor of disability accumulation in patients with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis

Early Treatment Tied to Less Disability With Pediatric-Onset MS

Less disability seen among those initiating disease-modifying therapy within two years of clinical onset
Exposure to controlled-release hydromorphone

Hydromorphone-CR Exposure Ups Heart Infection Risk in PWID

Rates of infective endocarditis increased among PWID exposed to controlled-release hydromorphone