Acute Opiate Overdose: An Update on Management Strategies in Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit.
Parthvi Rukma, Agrawal Abhinav, Khanijo Sameer, +2 more·American journal of therapeutics
BACKGROUND: Opioids are natural, semisynthetic, or synthetic substances that act on opioid receptors in the central nervous system. Clinically, they are prescribed for pain management. Opioid overdose (OOD) occurs when the central nervous system and respiratory drive are suppressed because of excessive consumption of t…