Management of opioid analgesic overdose

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1372-

  Picetti, Edoardo ^a   Rossi, Ilaria ^a   Caspani, M Luisa ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84867151530     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1209707     Document Type: Letter

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