Physiologic oxygen responses to smoking opioids: an observational study using continuous pulse oximetry at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada

• Main Authors: Jessica Moe (Author), Jane A. Buxton (Author), Yueqiao Elle Wang (Author), Tamara Chavez (Author), Damian Feldman-Kiss (Author), Charotte Marr (Author), Roy A. Purssell (Author), Michael Otterstatter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In British Columbia, Canada, smoking is the most common modality of drug use among people who die of opioid toxicity. We aimed to assess oxygen saturation (SpO2) while people smoked opioids during a pilot study that introduced continuous pulse oximetry at overdose prevention serv...