Reducing the harm of opioid overdose with the safe use of naloxone: a pharmacologic review

HK Kim, LS Nelson - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Opioid overdose fatality has increased threefold since 1999. As a result,
prescription drug overdose surpassed motor vehicle collision as the leading cause of …

Engaging law enforcement in overdose reversal initiatives: authorization and liability for naloxone administration

CS Davis, D Carr, JK Southwell… - American journal of …, 2015 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Opioid overdose is reversible through the timely administration of naloxone, which has been
used by emergency medical services for decades. Law enforcement officers (LEOs) are …

Legal changes to increase access to naloxone for opioid overdose reversal in the United States

CS Davis, D Carr - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Opioid overdose, which has reached epidemic levels in the United States, is
reversible by administration of the medication naloxone. Naloxone requires a prescription …

Predictors of participant engagement and naloxone utilization in a community‐based naloxone distribution program

C Rowe, GM Santos, E Vittinghoff, E Wheeler… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To describe characteristics of participants and overdose reversals associated with a
community‐based naloxone distribution program and identify predictors of obtaining …

癌性疼痛规范化治疗共识解读

周进, 卢俊, 石莉, 姚文秀 - 中国医刊, 2015 - cqvip.com
疼痛是组织损伤或潜在的组织损伤引起的不愉快的感觉或情绪的体验, 慢性疼痛是一个全球性
难题. 全球成人中约20%(1.2 亿) 患有慢性疼痛. 并且, 每年约有10%(6000 万) 的新增病例. 其中 …

Options and considerations for procedural sedation in pediatric imaging

JW Berkenbosch - Pediatric Drugs, 2015 - Springer
As pediatric imaging capabilities have increased in scope, so have the complexities of
providing procedural sedation in this environment. While efforts by many organizations have …

Endogenous opioid antagonism in physiological experimental pain models: a systematic review

MU Werner, MP Pereira, LPH Andersen, JB Dahl - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Opioid antagonists are pharmacological tools applied as an indirect measure to detect
activation of the endogenous opioid system (EOS) in experimental pain models. The …

Effect of a high-dose target-controlled naloxone infusion on pain and hyperalgesia in patients following groin hernia repair: study protocol for a randomized controlled …

MP Pereira, M Utke Werner, J Berg Dahl - Trials, 2015 - Springer
Background Central sensitization is modulated by the endogenous opioid system and plays
a major role in the development and maintenance of pain. Recent animal studies performed …

Legal innovations to advance a culture of health

JG Hodge, K Weidenaar, A Baker-White… - Journal of Law …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Since its inception in 2010, the Network for Public Health Law (Network) has aligned with
federal, state, tribal, and local public health practitioners to assess how law can promote and …

[HTML][HTML] Opioid intoxication in children and adolescents

S Yin, M Burns, J Wiley - 2015 - medilib.ir
Opioid withdrawal in the pediatric patient and opioid use disorder, intoxication, withdrawal,
and treatment in adults are discussed separately.(See" Prenatal substance exposure and …