Association of Opioids and Sedatives with Increased Risk of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest from an Administrative Database.

Association of Opioids and Sedatives with Increased Risk of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest from an Administrative Database.

BACKGROUND:While opioid use confers a known risk for respiratory depression, the incremental risk of in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory arrest, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPRA) has not been studied. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence, outcomes, and risk profile of in-hospi...

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Main Authors: Frank J Overdyk, Oonagh Dowling, Joseph Marino, Jiejing Qiu, Hung-Lun Chien, Mary Erslon, Neil Morrison, Brooke Harrison, Albert Dahan, Tong J Gan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4767404?pdf=render

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