Buprenorphine/naloxone micro-induction in a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective cohort analysis.

Objectives: To describe the use of buprenorphine/naloxone micro-inductions in hospitalized patients and characterize the success rate of these inductions.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of hospitalized patients receiving a buprenorphine/naloxone micro-induction for opioid use disorder in a tertiary care hospital from Jan 2020-Dec 2020. The primary outcome was a description of the micro-induction prescribing patterns used.

A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial comparing bupivacaine with ropivacaine for labor analgesia.

Background: A meta-analysis of studies comparing high doses of bupivacaine with ropivacaine for labor pain found a higher incidence of forceps deliveries, motor block, and poorer neonatal outcome with bupivacaine. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a difference in these outcomes when a low concentration of patient-controlled epidural bupivacaine combined with fentanyl is compared with ropivacaine combined with fentanyl.

Methods: This was a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial, including term, nulliparous women undergoing induction of labor.