Publications by authors named "Karen Hovsepyan"
Importance: Opioid-induced ventilatory depression and hypoxemia is common, severe, and often unrecognized in postoperative patients. To the extent that nonopioid analgesics reduce opioid consumption, they may decrease postoperative hypoxemia.
Objective: To test the hypothesis that duration of hypoxemia is less in patients given intravenous acetaminophen than those given placebo.
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on how often low or high blood pressure occurs after abdominal surgery and how often these issues are missed during routine monitoring.
- A total of 312 patients were analyzed, and results showed that 24% had dangerously low blood pressure for over 30 minutes, with nearly half of those episodes going unnoticed.
- Additionally, 42% of patients experienced high blood pressure above 110 mm Hg for at least 30 minutes, with 96% of these instances also detected by routine assessments, highlighting significant gaps in monitoring post-surgery.