Opioids, ventilation and acute pain management

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 545-548

  Macintyre, P E ^a   Loadsman, J A ^b   Scott, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pain management; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Opioid analgesics; Postoperative pain; Respiratory depression; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPIVACAINE; BUSPIRONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; PARECOXIB; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRAMADOL;

APNEA; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BREATHING DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OPIOID INDUCED VENTILATORY IMPAIRMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79960464895     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900405     Document Type: Review

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