Federal Funding for Firearm Injury Research: Politics vs Public Health; Alcohol Withdrawal

Friday, April 19, 2019, 12:00 AM - Sunday, April 19, 2020, 12:00 AM


Surgery Grand Rounds

1. Describe the history of funding restrictions on the CDC and NIH
2. Compare what is specifically restricted with what has really happened
3. Evaluate how funding and research on firearm violence compares to the scope of the problem
4. Recognize the signs and symptoms of alcohol withdrawal
5. Determine the best setting for managing a patient in alcohol withdrawal
6. Manage patients with medically complicated alcohol withdrawal

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References:

Addiction Research Foundation Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol (CIWA-Ar)

Patient Outcomes Associated With Phenobarbital Use With or Without Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: A Systematic Review.
Hammond DA, Rowe JM, Wong A, Wiley TL, Lee KC, Kane-Gill SL

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov

https://www.ashwoodrecovery.com/alcohol-detox/

Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home
Arthur L. Kellermann, Frederick P. Rivara, Norman B. Rushforth, Joyce G. Banton, Donald T. Reay, Jerry T. Francisco, Ana B. Locci, Janice Prodzinski, Bela B. Hackman, and Grant Somes

Jamieson C. Gun violence research: history of the federal funding freeze. Psychological Science Agenda. 2013.
http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence.aspx

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