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After Naloxone, When Can Opioid Overdose Patients Be Safely Discharged? Study Confirms One Hour Rule

posted by mrpg on Sunday December 30 2018, @05:52AM   
from the good-to-know dept.

janrinok writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

  Naloxone has saved thousands of lives. But can patients be safely discharged from the Emergency Department (ED) just an hour after they receive the medication that curtails drug overdoses?

According to the St. Paul's Early Discharge Rule developed in 2000, that's how long providers should observe patients after naloxone treatment, so long as their vital signs meet specific criteria and they are ambulatory.

But the rule was never externally validated or assessed in light of the changes that have occurred in recent years with opioid use disorder.

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• Re:Jan Rinok is Back Re:Jan Rinok is Back (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @07:42AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @07:42AM (#779921)

  so, someone enlighten me. did this guy get his account hacked or become an addict? or get off his meds? he's always said some really stupid things, but has now just become a clown of some sort.

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• Re:Jan Rinok is Back (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @10:19AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @10:19AM (#779929)

  I assume drugs
  That might make an ASS out of U and ME but I'm willing to be proven wrong

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