Key result
Naloxone administration is linked to sudden death.
The paper reports an instance of sudden death following the administration of naloxone.
May prompt caution with naloxone; Level 5 case leaves open causality and should not change practice.
*Assistant Clinical Professor in Anesthesiology and Director, Anesthesiology Service at The Roosevelt Division of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. Received from the Anesthesiology Service, The Roosevelt Hospital, 428 West 59th Street, New York, New York 10019. Accepted for publication June 18, 1980.
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Ronald A. Andree (1980) studied this question. Naloxone administration was followed by sudden death.
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