Outcome of acute heroin overdose requiring intensive care unit admission

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-231

  Grigorakos, Leonidas ^a   Sakagianni, Katerina ^b   Tsigou, Evdoxia ^a   Apostolakos, George ^c   Nikolopoulos, Giannis ^d   Veldekis, Dimitris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Athineon Hospital   (Greece)

^d SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute drug intoxication; Heroin overdose; ICU management

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPSIS; SHOCK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEROIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALOXONE; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 77954604580     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2010.0021     Document Type: Article

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