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Case Report: Acute Kratom Withdrawal

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A 33-year-old male with a history of drug use presented to the emergency department (ED) for extreme agitation after receiving two doses of 2 mg naloxone by EMS for respiratory depression. Upon arrival, his vitals were as follows: heart rate of 132 bpm, respiratory rate of 27, blood pressure of 134/75 mm Hg, and a SpO 2 of 100 percent.

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

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This graph shows the gaseous equivalent volume of oxygen stored in the lungs, bound to hemoglobin, and dissolved in the plasma for people breathing room air (far left) vs the same people pre-oxygenated by breathing 100% O2 (far right), and then after they have desatted to 90% while apneic (center). ” Australian Critical Care 20.4

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