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Educating junior doctors and pharmacists to reduce discharge prescribing of opioids for surgical patients: a cluster randomised controlled trial

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By Ria E Hopkins, Thuy Bui, Alex Konstantatos, Carolyn Arnold
| Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) Verified
The known: Opioid medications can cause harm and dependence, and inappropriate prescribing for patients after surgery or trauma, without planning for de‐escalation, exposes them to the risk of chronic use. The new: Delivery of a brief education module by an analgesic stewardship pharmacist to junior clinicians and pharmacists was followed by significantly reduced opioid prescribing for surgical patients at discharge, including prescribing of slow release formulations associated with greater risk.
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Educating junior doctors and pharmacists to reduce discharge prescribing of opioids for surgical patients: a cluster randomised controlled trial

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By Ria E Hopkins, Thuy Bui, Alex Konstantatos, Carolyn Arnold
| Wiley
The known: Opioid medications can cause harm and dependence, and inappropriate prescribing for patients after surgery or trauma, without planning for de‐escalation, exposes them to the risk of chronic use. The new: Delivery of a brief education module by an analgesic stewardship pharmacist to junior clinicians and pharmacists was followed by significantly reduced opioid prescribing for surgical patients at discharge, including prescribing of slow release formulations associated with greater risk.
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An unusual presentation of chronic cyanide toxicity from self-prescribed apricot kernel extract

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By Aidan Burrell, Perioperative Medicine, Alex Konstantatos, Malini Shiv Kumar
| bmj.com
Hypoxia under general anaesthesia is a potentially life-threatening condition. A seemingly well 67-year-old man appeared hypoxic with peripheral pulse oximetric measurement during routine anaesthesia. Postoperatively, the patient admitted to daily self-prescription of apricot kernel extract for a period of 5 years. Apricot kernel is a commonly taken extract used for a range of ailments, and is associated with cyanide toxicity, which was confirmed through blood analysis.
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