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.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday December 31 2018, @09:23AM
I Am Absolutely Serious: there just had to be _some_ reason I was the only kid in my school to get hay fever in the spring of '81.
That I'm allergic to hemp pollen turned up when my parents grew weary of my endless sneezing and so had my allergies tested.
I figure someone's Jesus Big grow-op had just blossomed in the nearby Suisun Marsh, a part of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Deltas.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]