M Warner-Smith, S Darke, M Lynskey, W Hall - Addiction, 2001 - ingentaconnect.com Introduction Over the past decade fatal opioid overdose has emerged as a ma j or public health
issue interna- tionally. The number of deaths attributed to opioid overdose among Australian
adults aged 15–44 years increased from 302 in 1989 to 960 in 1999, representing a ... Cited by 141 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] PG O'Connor, DA Fiellin - Annals of internal medicine, 2000 - Am Coll Physicians Patients with heroin dependence frequently present to internists and other physicians for
heroin-related medical, psychiatric, and behavioral health problems and often seek help with
reducing their heroin use. Thus, physicians should be familiar with the identification and ... Cited by 135 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►angrylapdog.com JH Samet, P Friedmann, R Saitz - Archives of …, 2001 - … .ama-assn.org.p.angrylapdog.com Individuals with alcohol and drug use problems may receive health care from medical, mental
health, and substance abuse providers, or a combination of all three. Systems of care are often
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- ►psi.org [PDF] S Darke, W Hall - Journal of urban health, 2003 - Springer ABSTRACT Drug overdose is a major cause of premature death and morbidity among heroin
users. This article examines recent research into heroin overdose to inform inter- ventions that
will reduce the rate of overdose death. The demographic characteristics of overdose ... Cited by 83 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►promedita.com [PDF] J Soar, CD Deakin, JP Nolan, G Abbas, A Alfonzo, AJ … - Resuscitation, 2005 - Elsevier Electrolyte abnormalities can cause cardiac arrhythmias or cardiopulmonary arrest. Life-threatening
arrhythmias are associated commonly with potassium disorders, particularly hyperkalaemia,
and less commonly with disorders of serum calcium and magnesium. In some cases ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - All 10 versions
MT Brugal, A Domingo-Salvany, R Puig, G Barrio, P … - Addiction, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to display style sheets.
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KA Sporer - British Medical Journal, 2003 - bmj.com In 1999, the Drug Abuse Warning Network recorded 4820 heroin related deaths in the United
States, as well as 16 646 non-fatal cases of heroin overdose in patients presenting to emergency
departments. Every year about 2% of people who inject heroin die, which is six to 20 ... Cited by 57 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 17 versions
- ►ajph.org KH Seal, AH Kral, L Gee, LD Moore, RN … - American Journal of …, 2001 - Am Public Health Assoc Karen H. Seal, Alex H. Kral, Lauren Gee, Lisa D. Moore, Jennifer Lorvick, and Brian R. Edlin
are with the Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University
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B Mokhlesi, JB Leikin, P Murray, TC Corbridge - Chest, 2003 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Acetaminophen (paracetamol) is the most common medicinal overdose reported to poison information
centers. Alone or in combination with other drugs, it was implicated in 110,000 overdoses in
the United States in 2000. Approximately 55,000 of these cases were treated in ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
