The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety wishes you a safe and Happy New Year!
To help make 2019 patient safe, please implement the following 3 recommendations to keep your patients safe:
Patients Receiving Opioids Must Be Monitored With Continuous Electronic Monitoring
Much of the public attention has been focused on the harm caused by prescription use and abuse of opioids. However, there is another facet that must be focused on: opioid-induced respiratory depression in clinical settings. This includes patients undergoing moderate and conscious sedation, or recovering from procedures and managing pain using a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump, particularly those during the postoperative period.
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