Abstract | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: METHODS: This is a retrospective, incidence study in patients who underwent surgeries at the Hospital SARAH Brasília from December 1999 to December 2007 and treated with intravenous or epidural PCA with opioids. Respiratory depression was defined as: respiratory rate < 8 bpm, need to use naloxone, or peripheral oxygen saturation below 90%. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of respiratory depression was similar to that described in the literature; it is more frequent in children and adolescents, and with intravenous PCA.
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Authors | Leonardo Teixeira Domingues Duarte, Maria do Carmo Barretto de Carvalho Fernandes, Verônica Vieira da Costa, Renato Angelo Saraiva |
Journal | Revista brasileira de anestesiologia
(Rev Bras Anestesiol)
2009 Jul-Aug
Vol. 59
Issue 4
Pg. 409-20
ISSN: 1806-907X [Electronic] Brazil |
Vernacular Title | Incidência de depressão respiratória no pós-operatório em pacientes submetidos à analgesia venosa ou peridural com opioides. |
PMID | 19669015
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Analgesia, Epidural
(adverse effects)
- Analgesics, Opioid
(administration & dosage, adverse effects)
- Child
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infusions, Intravenous
- Injections, Intravenous
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pain, Postoperative
(prevention & control)
- Postoperative Complications
(chemically induced, epidemiology)
- Respiratory Insufficiency
(chemically induced, epidemiology)
- Retrospective Studies
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