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Fulminant hepatic failure after intravenous injection of sublingual buprenorphine in a patient with hepatitis C

A 20-year-old indigenous Australian male was admitted to the intensive care unit with fulminant hepatic failure secondary to intravenous use of buprenorphine, which had been prescribed sublingually for opioid dependence. Intravenous buprenorphine-induced hepatitis is well recognized, however, life-t...

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Autores principales: French, Janine, Mujumdar, Avik, Angus, Peter, Gow, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26331017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.314