Treatment of opioid overdose in a physician-based prehospital EMS: Frequency and long-term prognosis

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1410-1413

  Nielsen, Karina ^a,b   Nielsen, Søren Louman ^a,b   Siersma, Volkert ^c   Rasmussen, Lars S ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Department of Prehospital Care and Emergency Medicine   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Frequency; MECU; Mortality; Opioid overdose; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE EMERGENCY CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; OVERDOSE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054061388     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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