Buprenorphine may not be as safe as you think: A pediatric fatality from unintentional exposure

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Hong K ^a,b   Smiddy, Monica ^c   Hoffman, Robert S ^a,b   Nelson, Lewis S ^a,b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Pediatric poisoning; Respiratory depression; Suboxone

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPRENORPHINE; NALOXONE; NORBUPRENORPHINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; BUPRENORPHINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATAL OUTCOME; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84870509309     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1342     Document Type: Article

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