Evaluation of factors related to overdose in patients with impaired consciousness who are transported by emergency medical services: an age-specific research

Abstract Background Drug overdose accounts for most of the admissions to the emergency department. Prescription drugs, most of which are psychotropic medications, are often misused for drug overdose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between overdose in patients transporte...

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Main Authors: Kazuki Nagashima, Megumi Sumida, Shoichi Imanaka, Tatsuro Kuwabara, Ichiro Kaneko, Yasufumi Miyake, Nobuhiro Yasuno, Fumio Itagaki, Machiko Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Subjects:
Age
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40780-021-00217-8