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 screen...

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Principais autores:	Jean Wong, Frances Chung, Mandeep Singh, Muhammad M Mamdani, Gerald Lebovic, David N Juurlink, Beverley A Orser, Philip Peng, Hance Clarke, Geoff Bellingham, Rida Waseem, Charles F P George, Andrea Furlan, Anuj Bhatia, Richard Horner, Clodagh M Ryan, Neilesh Soneji, Paul Tumber, John Flannery, Dinesh Kumbhare, Arsenio Avila
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:	BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Acceso en liña:	https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000523.full
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Predictive factors for sleep apnoea in patients on opioids for chronic pain

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