Opioid modeling of central respiratory drive must take upper airway obstruction into account

Anesthesiology. 2011 Jan;114(1):219-20; author reply 220-1. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181fef383.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Airway Obstruction / etiology
  • Airway Obstruction / physiopathology*
  • Analgesics, Opioid / pharmacology*
  • Anesthetics, Intravenous / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Piperidines / pharmacology*
  • Propofol / administration & dosage
  • Remifentanil
  • Respiratory Mechanics / drug effects*
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / complications
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Anesthetics, Intravenous
  • Piperidines
  • Remifentanil
  • Propofol