Postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression: A closed claims analysis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 659-665

  Lee, Lorri A ^a   Caplan, Robert A ^b   Stephens, Linda S ^c   Posner, Karen L ^c   Terman, Gregory W ^c   Voepel Lewis, Terri ^d   Domino, Karen B ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEATH; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OPIOID INDUCED RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT RISK; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SOMNOLENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANESTHESIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FACTUAL DATABASE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84924340019     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000564     Document Type: Article

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