Whole fentanyl patch ingestion: A multi-center case series

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 549-552

  Mrvos, Rita ^a   Feuchter, Alexander C ^a   Katz, Kenneth D ^a   Duback Morris, Lynn F ^b   Brooks, Daniel E ^c   Krenzelok, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b West Virginia Poison Center   (United States)

^c Banner Poison Control Center   (United States)

Author keywords

fentanyl; ingestion; opioid; patch; toxicity; transdermal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZODIAZEPINE; FENTANYL; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INFUSION FLUID; NALOXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INGESTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARESTHESIA; POISON CENTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861096468     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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