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14-08-2021 | Naloxone | Special Section: Cross sectional interventions

Procedural moderate sedation in patients with opioid addiction and chronic pain: a practical primer for the radiologist

Authors: Kendall Downer, Constantine Burgan, Carolyn E. Kezar, Samuel J. Galgano

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 8/2022

Abstract

Opioid use disorder and chronic pain are increasingly commonly encountered in medicine and many patients now are prescribed medications (such as buprenorphine) to help treat these conditions. Many radiologists are unfamiliar with how these medications work and how they impact providing procedural sedation during procedures in the radiology department. The focus of this manuscript is to provide radiologists background and guidance on how these medications interact with medications given for procedural sedation and the appropriate management strategy for patients with opioid use disorder and chronic pain who require procedural sedation.

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Title: Procedural moderate sedation in patients with opioid addiction and chronic pain: a practical primer for the radiologist
Authors: Kendall Downer
Constantine Burgan
Carolyn E. Kezar
Samuel J. Galgano
Publication date: 14-08-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Naloxone
Buprenorphine
Opioids
Opioids
Published in: Abdominal Radiology / Issue 8/2022
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-021-03242-1

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