Naloxone infusion should have been started earlier

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7070, 1996, Pages 1479-1480

  Nichol, N ^a   Pieterse, L ^a   Beattie, T ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE;

HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 85007735857     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1479c     Document Type: Letter

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