Naloxone in cardiac arrest with suspected opioid overdoses

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-46

  Saybolt, Matthew D ^a   Alter, Scott M ^a   Dos Santos, Frank ^b,c   Calello, Diane P ^b   Rynn, Kevin O ^d   Nelson, Daniel A ^a   Merlin, Mark A ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SUNY MARITIME COLLEGE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic; Cardiac arrest; Naloxone; Opioid antagonist; Overdose

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72049106907     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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