Naloxone may improve cardiac arrest survival even in non-overdose cases, study suggests
Researchers noted an association between naloxone and return of spontaneous circulation in non-drug-related cardiac arrests.
Overdose reversal agent naloxone can improve survival in drug-related cardiac arrests and possibly other cardiac arrests, a retrospective cohort study suggests.
The study is the first large-scale evaluation of naloxone and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in practice, say researchers from the University of California and University of Pittsburgh.
