SGEM#179: Chase the Dragon and Naloxone

Studien extrahiert aus dem Podcast von Dr. Ken Milne

• 2017Do heroin overdose patients require observation after receiving naloxone?Emergency & ResuscitationIn 5443 patients revived from opioid overdose who received naloxone and were not transported, four deaths from rebound opioid toxicity occurred.
• 2000St Paul's Early Discharge RuleEmergency & ResuscitationIn 573 emergency patients given naloxone for presumed opioid overdose, a six-item rule applied one hour later predicted adverse events within 24 hours.
• 1992Is admission after intravenous heroin overdose necessary?Emergency & ResuscitationIn 124 ED visits for intravenous heroin overdose, discharge after ED observation was followed by no delayed pulmonary edema or recurrent respiratory depression.