Naloxone-induced pulmonary edema: Reversal of an opioid's adverse effects can cause further complications

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2000, Pages

  O'Malley Dafner, Linda ^a   Davies, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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