Trial reportBMC anesthesiology2023
Incidence of postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression episodes in patients on room air or supplemental oxygen: a post-hoc analysis of the PRODIGY trial.
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PRediction of Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression In Patients Monitored by capnoGraphY (PRODIGY)
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of opioid-free versus opioid-based total intravenous anaesthesia in elderly patients undergoing short-duration surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Annals of medicine · 2026Trial
- Association Between Intraoperative Arterial Oxygen Tension and Postoperative Opioid Consumption: A Large-Scale Cohort Study Using Overlap Weighting Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Improving definitions and innovations for identification and prevention of postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD): Proceedings of the International Consensus Conference.Journal of clinical anesthesia · 2026Article
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSupplemental oxygen (SO) potentiates opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) in experiments on healthy volunteers. Our objective was to examine the relationship between SO and OIRD in patients on surgical units.
methodsThis post-hoc analysis utilized a portion of the observational PRediction of Opioid-induced respiratory Depression In patients monitored by capnoGraphY (PRODIGY) trial dataset (202 patients, two trial sites), which involved blinded continuous pulse oximetry and capnography monitoring of postsurgical patients on surgical units. OIRD incidence was determined for patients receiving room air (RA), intermittent SO, or continuous SO. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) models, with a Poisson distribution, a log-link function and time of exposure as offset, were used to compare the incidence of OIRD when patients were receiving SO vs RA.
resultsWithin the analysis cohort, 74 patients were always on RA, 88 on intermittent and 40 on continuous SO. Compared with when on RA, when receiving SO patients had a higher risk for all OIRD episodes (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 2.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4-5.1), apnea episodes (IRR 2.8, 95% CI 1.5-5.2), and bradypnea episodes (IRR 3.0, 95% CI 1.2-7.9). Patients with high or intermediate PRODIGY scores had higher IRRs of OIRD episodes when receiving SO, compared with RA (IRR 4.5, 95% CI 2.2-9.6 and IRR 2.3, 95% CI 1.1-4.9, for high and intermediate scores, respectively).
conclusionsDespite oxygen desaturation events not differing between SO and RA, SO may clinically promote OIRD. Clinicians should be aware that postoperative patients receiving SO therapy remain at increased risk for apnea and bradypnea.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov: NCT02811302, registered June 23, 2016.
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