Elderly Dementia Patient with Recurrent Respiratory Failure due to the Abuse of a Fentanyl Patch: A Case Report

<p>I experienced the case of an elderly patient with dementia who had recurrent respiratory failure due to the abuse of a transdermal fentanyl patch. Opioids have been recently used in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic non-cancer pain and in those with cancer pain in palliative care [1]...

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Main Author: Yuki Tateno (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Global Journal of Anesthesiology - Peertechz Publications, 2016-12-29.
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