Predictive factors for sleep apnoea in patients on opioids for chronic pain

BACKGROUND: The risk of death is elevated in patients taking opioids for chronic non-cancer pain. Respiratory depression is the main cause of death due to opioids and sleep apnoea is an important associated risk factor. METHODS: In chronic pain clinics, we assessed the STOP-Bang questionnaire (a scr...

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Autores principales: Chung, Frances, Wong, Jean, Bellingham, Geoff, Lebovic, Gerald, Singh, Mandeep, Waseem, Rida, Peng, Philip, George, Charles F P, Furlan, Andrea, Bhatia, Anuj, Clarke, Hance, Juurlink, David N, Mamdani, Muhammad M, Horner, Richard, Orser, Beverley A, Ryan, Clodagh M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Sleep
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6936992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000523

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6936992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000523

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