Sleep disordered breathing and chronic respiratory failure in patients with chronic pain on long term opioid therapy

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 847-852

  Rose, Anand R ^a,b   Catcheside, Peter G ^a,b   McEvoy, R Doug ^a,b   Paul, Denzil ^a,b   Kapur, Dilip ^c   Peak, Emily ^a,b   Vakulin, Andrew ^a,b,d   Antic, Nicholas A ^a,b  

^a REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypercapnia; Opioids; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; APNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOPNEA INDEX; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AROUSAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84931060085     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3950     Document Type: Article

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