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Patient characteristics associated with being offered take home naloxone in a busy, urban emergency department: a retrospective chart review

BACKGROUND: Overdose deaths can be prevented by distributing take home naloxone (THN) kits. The emergency department (ED) is an opportune setting for overdose prevention, as people who use opioids frequently present for emergency care, and those who have overdosed are at high risk for future overdos...

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Autores principales: O’Brien, Daniel C., Dabbs, Daniel, Dong, Kathryn, Veugelers, Paul J., Hyshka, Elaine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4469-3