Opioids, sleep, and sleep-disordered breathing

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1443-1449

  Zutler, Moshe ^a,b   Holty, Jon Erik C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central sleep apnea; Control of breathing; Opioids; References; Sleep apnea; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PARECOXIB; TRAMADOL;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; BIOT BREATHING; BREATHING; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; METHADONE TREATMENT; NONREM SLEEP; OXYGEN THERAPY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PAIN; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84856359323     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161211796197070     Document Type: Article

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