Fatal Fentanyl: One Pill Can Kill

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 106-113

  Sutter, Mark E ^a,b   Gerona, Roy R ^c   Davis, M Thais ^a,b   Roche, Bailey M ^a,b   Colby, Daniel K ^a,b   Chenoweth, James A ^a,b   Adams, Axel J ^d   Owen, Kelly P ^a,b   Ford, Jonathan B ^a,b   Black, Hugh B ^b,e   Albertson, Timothy E ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Northern California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; LEVAMISOLE; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NALOXONE; PARACETAMOL; PROMETHAZINE; TRAZODONE; ACETAMINOPHEN, HYDROCODONE DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG COMBINATION; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; MALE; MANUAL EMERGENCY VENTILATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; TOXICITY TESTING; YOUNG ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG COMBINATION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CALIFORNIA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALOXONE; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84995897790     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13034     Document Type: Article

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