Pitfalls of intranasal naloxone

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 550-554

  Zuckerman, Matthew ^a   Weisberg, Stacy N ^a   Boyer, Edward W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intranasal naloxone; Overdose; Prescription opioids

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; APNEA; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APNEA; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FENTANYL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIOSIS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY RATE;

EID: 84907207325     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2014.896961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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