Monday, July 27, 2015

PubMed Update March - May 2015

Three months. 46 papers. I’m already a month behind.

Dahlem CH, Horstman MJ, Williams BC.
J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2015 Mar 26. doi: 10.1002/2327-6924.12249. [Epub ahead of print]
Comments: Naloxone programs have been providing kits to settings where homeless people receive services for many years. This is a description of a program at a homeless health clinic.

Christoffersen DJ, Brasch-Andersen C, Thomsen JL, Worm-Leonhard M, Damkier P, Brøsen K.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2015 Jun;11(2):193-201. doi: 10.1007/s12024-015-9673-9. Epub 2015 Mar 24.
Comments: It’s been awhile since we had a forensics paper here. I think this is a novel method of identifying enantiomers.

Spaulding AC, Sharma A, Messina LC, Zlotorzynska M, Miller L, Binswanger IA.
Am J Public Health. 2015 May;105(5):e51-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302546. Epub 2015 Mar 19.
Comments: Stunningly low rate of drug overdose mortality in this cohort of prisoners in Georgia. This is one of the first times I’ve seen a paper on opioid overdose find radically different results in a different setting. I can’t access for details.

Mueller SR, Walley AY, Calcaterra SL, Glanz JM, Binswanger IA.
Subst Abus. 2015 Mar 16:1-14. [Epub ahead of print]
Comments: A review toward the end of using community distribution data to build clinical care naloxone prescription.

Hser YI, Evans E, Grella C, Ling W, Anglin D.
Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2015 Mar-Apr;23(2):76-89. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000052.
Comments: This is a systematic review of long-term studies of opioid users. Among many fascinating data reported, the length of time not using a drug of choice increases the likelihood of continuing to not use that drug. This seems obvious to many, but I don’t believe it’s been documented before. Good read for anyone looking to understand some of the longitudinal outcome data.