In a retrospective study evaluating pulmonary edema following recreational opioid overdose, was there a correlation between total amount of naloxone received and degree of hypoxia?
No there was not
Kummer RL, Kempainen RR, Olives TD, Leatherman JW, Prekker ME. Naloxone-associated pulmonary edema following recreational opioid overdose. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Mar;53:41-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.12.030. Epub 2021 Dec 17. PMID: 34973491
Contributed by Mara Phillips, MD, PGY3 Emergency Medicine University of Miami/Jackson Health on behalf of the Florida Poison Information Center Network
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