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Learn how opioids may increase
your risk for respiratory
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compromise
There is a serious epidemic of opioid-related drug addiction in the
United States, accompanied by an alarming increase in opioid-related
drug overdose deaths.
In addition to the non-prescription use of opioids, administration
of prescribed opioids in hospital settings, especially in combination
with anesthesia and other sedating medications, may cause respiratory
depression, which can lead to respiratory compromise - a potentially
life threatening state of unstable respiratory health.
If respiratory compromise goes unrecognized and is left untreated,
it can result in respiratory failure, and even death.
People with certain risk factors - obstructive sleep apnea, older
age, obesity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - have a
greater chance of developing progressive respiratory compromise.
These risk factors, when present in patients receiving opioids for
pain relief or sedation, can potentially increase the possibility of respiratory
compromise and should be identified by screening patients
prior to opioid administration to enable better, safer care.
“It is crucial that patients understand their risk of respiratory compromise
when given opioids while undergoing or recovering from
a surgical procedure,” said Carla Jungquist, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN,
associate professor, University at Buffalo, the State of New York,
School of Nursing, Buffalo, N.Y. “In addition, healthcare professionals
should use responsible opioid prescribing and administration
practices, along with appropriate monitoring practices tailored to individual
patient needs, to promote safer and improved pain control
while also decreasing the risk of respiratory compromise.”
Life-threatening respiratory compromise (for example, respiratory
arrest) can be avoided by using appropriate monitoring technologies
to evaluate a patient’s respiratory status.
Healthcare professionals, using electronic monitoring technologies,
can detect and manage respiratory compromise earlier and
more effectively. One such technology, capnography, which measures
the level of carbon dioxide in a person’s exhaled breath, may
help identify respiratory compromise in its earliest stage.
Visit http://www.respiratorycompromise.org/ to learn more about
respiratory compromise. (BPT)
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