Background. Drug overdose is an important, yet an inadequately understood, public health
problem. Global attention to unintentional drug overdose has been limited by comparison …

Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency
Cardiovascular Care (ECC) addresses cardiac arrest in situations that require special …

Background Infective endocarditis is a serious infection, often resulting from injection drug
use. Inpatient treatment regularly focuses on management of infection without attention to …

The emergency department (ED) has long been recognized as providing critical access to
the health care system for many, yet only in the past few decades has the ED visit been …

The opioid overdose epidemic is a major threat to the public's health, resulting in the
development and implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce fatal overdose [1-3] …

Drug overdose death rates have increased steadily in the United States since 1979. In 2008,
a total of 36,450 drug overdose deaths (ie, unintentional, intentional [suicide or homicide], or …

The United States is currently experiencing an epidemic of opioid abuse. This article
discusses the history of opioid use for pain management and how epidemiologic data …

Opioids are potent respiratory depressants, and overdose is a leading cause of death
among people who use them. Worldwide, an estimated 69 000 people die from opioid …

Background As physicians have increased opioid prescribing, overdose deaths from
pharmaceutical opioids have substantially increased in the United States. Naloxone …

Background Opioid overdose is a major cause of mortality, but injury and fatal outcomes can
be prevented by timely administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone. Pre-provision of …