Buehler Center Update

Buehler Center most recent publication: MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, March 2021: Notes from the Field: Opioid Overdose Deaths Before, During, and After an 11-Week COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order — Cook County, Illinois, January 1, 2018–October 6, 2020

By: Maryann Mason, PhD; Sarah B. Welch, MPH; Ponni Arunkumar, MD; Lori Ann Post, PhD; Joseph M. Feinglass, PhD

The study shows, fatal opioid overdoses in Cook County spiked in first COVID stay-at-home order. The average number of opioid overdose deaths increased 23.7%, from 35 to 43 per week.

FIGURE. Weekly number of opioid overdose deaths — Cook County, Illinois, January 1, 2018–October 6, 2020

Mason M, Welch SB, Arunkumar P, Post LA, Feinglass JM. Notes from the Field: Opioid Overdose Deaths Before, During, and After an 11-Week COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order — Cook County, Illinois, January 1, 2018–October 6, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:362–363. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7010a3external icon.

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SARS-CoV-2 Wave Two Surveillance in East Asia and the Pacific: Longitudinal Trend Analysis

Source: Unsplash; Copyright: Jeremy Stenuit; License: Licensed by the authors

"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound global impact on governments, health care systems, economies, and populations around the world. Within the East Asia and Pacific region, some countries have mitigated the spread of the novel coronavirus effectively and largely avoided severe negative consequences, while others still struggle with containment. As the second wave reaches East Asia and the Pacific, it becomes more evident that additional SARS-CoV-2 surveillance is needed to track recent shifts, rates of increase, and persistence associated with the pandemic." -- JMIR Publication

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Emergency Medicine Faculty Profile

Patrick McCafferty Lank, MD

Dr. Lank's current research focuses include investigation of novel substances of abuse, critical care of the overdose patient, and resident education.

Recent publication:

Development of a take-home naloxone program at an urban academic emergency department
Take-Home Naloxone Program Implementation: Lessons Learned From Seven Chicago-Area
Who is keeping their unused opioids and why?
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