Category: Toxicology
Keywords: naloxone, pulmonary edema, aspiration, overdose (PubMed Search)
Posted: 7/19/2019 by Hong Kim, MD
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Pulmonary complications - aspiration, pulmonary edema, etc. are frequently reported in both heroin intoxication and in reversal of opioid overdose with naloxone.
Suspected opioid overdose victims (N=1831) who received naloxone from EMS providers were studied retrospectively. Pulmonary complications were defined as pulmonary edema, aspiration pneumonia and aspiration pneumonitis.
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Conclusion
Higher out of hospital naloxone administration is associated with increased odds of developing pulmonary complications