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Take -home naloxone rescue kits following heroin overdose in the emergency department to prevent opioid overdose related repeat emergency department visits, hospitalization and death- a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Opioid overdoses are at an epidemic in the United States causing the deaths of thousands each year. Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) is an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution program in Ohio that distributes naloxone rescue kits at clinics and in the emergency...

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Autores principales: Papp, Joan, Vallabhaneni, Mayur, Morales, Ariel, Schrock, Jon W.
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/PMC6907348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31829228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4734-5