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Revision as of 12:24, 11 September 2016
The Teddy Bear sign refers to the association between the presence of a teddy bear on or near a patient and demand for narcotics. The groundbreaking TEDDY-BEAR trial showed there was a direct relationship between teddy bear size and the Dilaudid dose a patient demands.[1]
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