Heightened mortality risk after a non-fatal opioid overdose: Risk factors for mortality in the week following emergency treatment.

Aims: To measure all-cause mortality risk after an ambulance-attended non-fatal opioid overdose and associations with number of days following attendance, and individual and clinical characteristics.

Design: A prospective observational study.

Setting: Oslo, Norway.

The Self-Rated Effects of Alcohol Are Related to Presystemic Metabolism of Alcohol.

Aims: A high number of alcohol units required to feel a subjective effect of alcohol predicts future alcohol use disorders (AUDs). The subjective response to alcohol can be measured using the validated retrospective self-rated effects of alcohol (SRE) questionnaire. Few studies have investigated the specific relationship between SRE and blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in an experimental setting.

Blood alcohol levels after standardized intake of alcohol are related to measured blood phosphate levels.

The role of blood phosphate in alcohol metabolism has not been studied. In this explorative experimental study, the relationship between blood phosphate levels and metabolism of alcohol was investigated. Twenty young male volunteers were given alcohol relative to body weight to make them reach a theoretical blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.

Inhaled nitric oxide as temporary respiratory stabilization in patients with COVID-19 related respiratory failure (INOCOV): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: In March 2020, WHO announced the COVID-19 a pandemic and a major global public health emergency. Mortality from COVID-19 is rapidly increasing globally, with acute respiratory failure as the predominant cause of death. Many patients experience severe hypoxia and life-threatening respiratory failure often requiring mechanical ventilation.