Retrospective analysis of patterns of opioid overdose and interventions delivered at a tertiary hospital emergency department: impact of COVID-19

BACKGROUND: Opioid-related overdoses cause substantial numbers of preventable deaths. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist available in take-home naloxone (THN) kits as a lifesaving measure for opioid overdose. As the emergency department (ED) is a primary point of contact for patients with high-risk op...

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Autores principales: Potaka, Katherine L., Freeman, Rebecca, Soo, Danny, Nguyen, Nam-Anh, Sim, Tin Fei, Moullin, Joanna C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35397487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00604-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35397487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00604-w

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