Janusz Kaczorowski1,2, Jaunathan Bilodeau2, Aaron M Orkin3, Kathryn Dong4, Raoul Daoust1,5, Andrew Kestler6. 1. From the, Département de Médecine de Famille et Médecine d'Urgence, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 2. the, Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 3. the, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 4. the, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 5. the, Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 6. and the, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The opioid crisis has risen dramatically in North America in the new millennium, due to both illegal and prescription opioid use. While emergency departments (EDs) represent a potentially strategic setting for interventions to reduce harm from opioid use disorder (OUD), the absence of a recent synthesis of literature limits implementation and scalability. To fill this gap, we conducted a systematic review of the literature on interventions targeting OUDs initiated in EDs. METHODS: Using an explicit search strategy (PROSPERO), the MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, EMBASE, and EBM reviews databases were searched from 1980 to October 4, 2019. The gray literature was explored using Google Scholar. Study characteristics were abstracted independently. The methodologic quality and risk of bias were assessed. RESULTS: Twelve of 2,270 studies met the inclusion criteria (two of high quality). In addition to the heterogeneity of the outcome measures used (retention in treatment, opioid consumption, and overdose), brief intervention and buprenorphine initiation (six of 12 studies) were the most documented with mixed effects for the former and positive short-term and confined to single ED sites effects for the latter. CONCLUSION: Emergency departments can be an appropriate setting for initiating opioid agonist treatment, but to be sustained, it likely needs to be coupled with community-based follow-up and support to ensure longer-term retention. The scarcity of high-quality evidence on OUD interventions initiated in emergency settings highlights the need for future research.
OBJECTIVES: The opioid crisis has risen dramatically in North America in the new millennium, due to both illegal and prescription opioid use. While emergency departments (EDs) represent a potentially strategic setting for interventions to reduce harm from opioid use disorder (OUD), the absence of a recent synthesis of literature limits implementation and scalability. To fill this gap, we conducted a systematic review of the literature on interventions targeting OUDs initiated in EDs. METHODS: Using an explicit search strategy (PROSPERO), the MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, EMBASE, and EBM reviews databases were searched from 1980 to October 4, 2019. The gray literature was explored using Google Scholar. Study characteristics were abstracted independently. The methodologic quality and risk of bias were assessed. RESULTS: Twelve of 2,270 studies met the inclusion criteria (two of high quality). In addition to the heterogeneity of the outcome measures used (retention in treatment, opioid consumption, and overdose), brief intervention and buprenorphine initiation (six of 12 studies) were the most documented with mixed effects for the former and positive short-term and confined to single ED sites effects for the latter. CONCLUSION: Emergency departments can be an appropriate setting for initiating opioid agonist treatment, but to be sustained, it likely needs to be coupled with community-based follow-up and support to ensure longer-term retention. The scarcity of high-quality evidence on OUD interventions initiated in emergency settings highlights the need for future research.
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