Implementing a Clinical Practice Guideline on the Use of Capnography in Monitoring for Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression on Medical-Surgical Units
Background: Opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) is a life-threatening complication of opioid analgesia. Failure to recognize and respond to OIRD may result in respiratory arrest, anoxic brain injury, and death. Measuring end-tidal carbon dioxide through the use of capnography has been shown...
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The University of Arizona.
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293641 |