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This occurs when respiratory drive is lower and breaths per minute decrease - to the point that added oxygenation (or even respiratory support on a ventilator) is required. A number of conditions and diseases can cause respiratory depression. Common conditions include severe respiratory infections, congestive heart failure, exacerbation of COPD, among others.
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What to assess when administering gentamycin?
Respiratory depression or arrest
Can you die from taking propofol?
High doses can cause heart-respiratory depression. If these depressions will not be taken care of (oxygen artificial respiration for respiratory depression - Tredelenbur position for heart depression) then unfortunately it will result with death.
What are the effects of an Ativan overdose?
Respiratory and cardiac depression and possibly death.
What produces respiratory depression?
Narcan (naloxone) is used to reverse the respiratory depression caused by opiates. Otherwise, the treatment is to treat the underlying cause and to support the respiration with oxygen and, if needed, mechanical ventilation ("breathing machines").
When administering Fentanyl respiratory depression peaks at 5-15 minutes?
yes
Why morphine is not use in seizures?
Because morphinr produces drowsiness & respiratory depression
Can you take metformin and codeine together?
No. The suboxone will stop the codeine from working. Also, combining codeine and suboxone could cause respiratory depression (a decreased rate of breathing). If respiratory depression is severe enough it can cause death.
Why can't you take Tylenol 3 if you have hypothyroidism?
Because you have an increase risk for decreased respiratory depression.
What happens to heart rate during respiratory depression?
your hart would stop and you would die
What has the author Dorothy M Patteson written?
Dorothy M. Patteson has written: 'Neonatal respiratory depression' -- subject(s): Diseases, Infants (Newborn), Nursing, Programmed texts, Respiratory distress syndrome, Respiratory insufficiency in children
Can you mix m357 with morphine?
It can be used. But be careful bc of the risk of respiratory depression. That is a risk with all pills though
How do drugs cause death?
Depends on the (type of) drug, for example : narcotics = respiratory depression KCl & Aspirin = electrolyte imbalance alcohol = mental & metabolic depression (ultimately the heart just stops).
