Gail D'Onofrio

TL;DR: Among opioid-dependent patients, ED-initiated buprenorphine treatment vs brief intervention and referral significantly increased engagement in addiction treatment, reduced self-reported illicit opioid use, and decreased use of inpatient addiction treatment services but did not significantly decrease the rates of urine samples that tested positive for opioids or of HIV risk.

TL;DR: This cross-sectional study examines trends in emergency department visits and visits that led to hospitalizations during a 4-month period leading up to and during the COVID-19 outbreak in the US.

TL;DR: Young women with AMIs have more comorbidity, longer LOS, and higher in-hospital mortality than young men, although their mortality rates are decreasing, according to a large national dataset of U.S. hospital discharges.

TL;DR: It is recommended that SBI for alcohol-related problems in the ED be incorporated into clinical practice through the use of a structured template, companion explanatory piece, and a grading and methodological scoring system based on published criteria for critical appraisal.

TL;DR: Young patients with MINOCA were more likely women, had a heterogeneous mechanistic profile, and had clinical outcomes that were comparable to those of MI‐CAD patients.