• Mahesh Nagappa, Toby N Weingarten, Gaspard Montandon, Juraj Sprung, and Frances Chung.
• Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital, Victoria Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph Health Care, Western University, London, ON, Canada. Electronic address: Mahesh.Nagappa@lhsc.on.ca.
• Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2017 Dec 1; 31 (4): 469-485.

AbstractThe increasing use of opioids in the perioperative period has increased opioid-associated morbidity and mortality. There is a well-established connection between opioids, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), and respiratory depression. The treatment of postoperative pain with opioids in patients with SDB may result in respiratory depression. In an unmonitored setting, it may lead to life-threatening respiratory events. More studies are required to evaluate the effective management and prevention of respiratory depression in patients with SDB. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge relating to the pathophysiology of respiratory depression by opioids and opioid-related respiratory depression and appraises the association between opioids and SDB.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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