Evaluation of a non-invasive method of assessing opioid induced respiratory depression.
Opioid induced respiratory depression is potentially fatal. The aim of this study was to validate a monitoring system that could be used to assess respiratory depression in postoperative patients. The hypercapnic ventilatory response was estimated non-invasively in 12 volunteers. In two steps, we te...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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