Safety of opioids and benzodiazepines in patients with breathlessness and respiratory failure associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Pneumon

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 197-199

  Kaltsas, Kostas ^a   Anevlavis, Stavros ^a   Bouros, Demosthenes ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Dyspnea; Opioids; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANXIETY; ARTERIAL GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; REFRACTORY DYSPNEA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908022743     PISSN: 1105848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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