Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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During the first ten months of 1992 the Oslo Ambulance Department registered 716 incidences of assumed drug-related intoxications. 80% happened in down town Oslo. 19 cases of asystoly were recorded, 13 of the patients recovered after treatment, without sequelae. Five of these patients left the location after emergency help and they refused hospitalization. 432 of the patients were unconscious when the ambulance personal arrived, 472 were treated with naloxone both by the intramuscular and the intravenous route. ⋯ A team of specially trained out reach workers offers help after acute medical treatment by means of "streetwork". The intervention is directed at addicts who have experienced an overdose.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Apr 1993
Review[Capnography. A new monitoring method may improve patient safety during anesthesia and in the recovery room].
This review describes the diagnostic possibilities of capnography: the graphic presentation of carbon dioxide concentrations in respiratory gas during the entire respiratory cyclus. The monitoring may confirm that the tube used for intubating the patient's trachea is positioned in the patient's airway, and indicates dysfunction of the tube or of the ventilator. ⋯ Patients without artificial airways may also be monitored by capnography. The method may reduce the number of arterial blood gases required to check the degree of ventilation.