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Closed-loop wearable naloxone injector system

Overdoses from non-medical use of opioids can lead to hypoxemic/hypercarbic respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, and death when left untreated. Opioid toxicity is readily reversed with naloxone, a competitive antagonist that can restore respiration. However, there remains a critical need for technol...

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Autores principales: Chan, Justin, Iyer, Vikram, Wang, Anran, Lyness, Alexander, Kooner, Preetma, Sunshine, Jacob, Gollakota, Shyamnath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8608837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34811425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01990-0