Publications by authors named "Owen McBride"
Article Synopsis
- Recent policy changes in Washington State aim to integrate evidence-based interventions, like naloxone distribution and buprenorphine initiation, into first responder services to address rising opioid overdoses.
- A research team conducted qualitative interviews with 32 first responders and EMS leaders in King County to identify facilitators and barriers to implementing these interventions.
- The analysis found that while there was strong support for naloxone distribution, funding issues and concerns about the effectiveness of buprenorphine treatment posed significant challenges to these initiatives.
Introduction: Opioids contributed to over 300,000 deaths in the United States in the past 10 years. Most research on drug use occurs in clinics or hospitals; few studies have evaluated the impact of opioid use on emergency medical services (EMS) or the EMS response to opioid use disorder (OUD). This study describes the perceived burden of disease, data collection, and interventions in California local EMS agencies (LEMSA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Following the adoption of electronic health records into a regulatory environment designed for paper records, there has been little investigation into the accuracy of physician documentation.
Objective: To quantify the percentage of emergency physician documentation of the review of systems (ROS) and physical examination (PE) that observers can confirm.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This case series took place at emergency departments in 2 academic medical centers between 2016 and 2018.
Background: Achilles tendon rupture is a common injury and the best treatment option remains uncertain between surgical and nonoperative methods. Biologic approaches using multipotent stem cells such as perivascular stem cells pose a possible treatment option, although there is currently a paucity of evidence regarding their clinical therapeutic use.
Questions/purposes: The purpose of this study was to determine whether injected perivascular stem cells (PSCs) would (1) improve histologic signs of tendon healing (such as percent area of collagen); and (2) improve biomechanical properties (peak load or stiffness) in a rat model of Achilles tendon transection.
Study Design: A multicenter, retrospective review of C5 palsy after cervical spine surgery.
Objective: Postoperative C5 palsy is a known complication of cervical decompressive spinal surgery. The goal of this study was to review the incidence, patient characteristics, and outcome of C5 palsy in patients undergoing cervical spine surgery.
Study Design: A retrospective multicenter study.
Objective: Routine cervical spine surgeries are typically associated with low complication rates, but serious complications can occur. Intraoperative death is a very rare complication and there is no literature on its incidence.
Study Design: A multicentered retrospective case series.
Objective: To determine the incidence and circumstances surrounding the development of a symptomatic postoperative epidural hematoma in the cervical spine.
Methods: Patients who underwent cervical spine surgery between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2011, at 23 institutions were reviewed, and all patients who developed an epidural hematoma were identified.
Background: Rotator cuff tears are a common cause of shoulder pain and often necessitate operative repair. Muscle atrophy, fibrosis, and fatty infiltration can develop after rotator cuff tears, which may compromise surgical outcomes. This study investigated the regenerative potential of 2 human adipose-derived progenitor cell lineages in a murine model of massive rotator cuff tears.
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