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Risk factors for cardiopulmonary and respiratory arrest in medical and surgical hospital patients on opioid analgesics and sedatives

BACKGROUND: Opioid induced respiratory depression is a known cause of preventable death in hospitals. Medications with sedative properties additionally potentiate opioid-induced respiratory and sedative effects, thereby elevating the risk for adverse events. The goal of this study was to determine w...

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Autores principales: Izrailtyan, Igor, Qiu, Jiejing, Overdyk, Frank J., Erslon, Mary, Gan, Tong J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5864099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29566020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194553