UMMS Affiliation
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Publication Date
2021-05-25
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Anesthesia and Analgesia | Nursing | Patient Safety
Abstract
Background: Unintended overdoses of opiate medications are potentially lethal events. Monitoring patients for oversedation is fundamental to ensuring safe use of opiates, and the timing of this evaluation is guided by the onset of action, time to max effect and duration of action of the opiate. The study's aim was to describe the timing of oversedation in relation to the predicted duration of action of the administered opiate.
Methods: This study was conducted as a retrospective review of all opiate-related oversedation events during a 2-year period involving patients admitted to an urban teaching hospital.
Results: Of the 53 opiate-related oversedation events evaluated, 47% occurred after the predicted maximal duration of action of the administered opiate.
Conclusion: Opiate-induced oversedation routinely occurs after predicted based upon duration of action. The study findings have profound implications upon nursing practice regarding duration of time required to monitor for opiate-induced oversedation.
Keywords
Opiate, Oversedation, Patient safety
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DOI of Published Version
10.14740/jocmr4498
Source
Garrett JS, Vanston A, Nguyen HL, Cassity C, Straza A. Timing of Oversedation Events Following Opiate Administration in Hospitalized Patients. J Clin Med Res. 2021 May;13(5):304-308. doi: 10.14740/jocmr4498. Epub 2021 May 25. PMID: 34104282; PMCID: PMC8166287. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of clinical medicine research
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PubMed ID
34104282
Repository Citation
Garrett JS, Vanston A, Nguyen HL, Cassity C, Straza A. (2021). Timing of Oversedation Events Following Opiate Administration in Hospitalized Patients. Open Access Publications by UMass Chan Authors. https://doi.org/10.14740/jocmr4498. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/4745
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