Originally published by our sister publication, Anesthesiology News
Ashish Khanna, MD
An international multicenter study has shown that a novel risk prediction tool for an episode of opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) among hospitalized patients is 75% accurate and easy to use. The tool is composed of five factors.
Primary data from the prospective PRODIGY (Prediction of Opioid-induced respiratory Depression In patients monitored by capnoGraphY) study, which was sponsored by Medtronic,