Opioid toxicity and withdrawal

A boy born at 38 weeks is 44 hours old on the postnatal ward. His mother attends a treatment program for a daily supervised dose of buprenorphine and reports no…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 29-year-old man is brought in shortly after his partner administered naloxone for suspected heroin overdose. He is yawning repeatedly, has abdominal cramps, d…

Clinical rotations · common

A 58-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after being found drowsy beside an empty bottle of methadone mixture. He has a respiratory rate of 7/mi…

Clinical rotations · common