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Meeting ReportPFTs, Pulmonary Disease, Homecare, and Equipment

Preliminary Post-Survey Outcomes of High-Risk Opioid, Post-Operative, Orthopedic Patient Home Monitoring: An Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation Grant Supported Study

Kimberly J. Bennion, Zeek Tyler, Megan Jensen, Megan Hepworth and Robert L. Mazzola MD, MSPH, FCCP
Respiratory Care October 2020, 65 (Suppl 10) 3445448;
Kimberly J. Bennion
Corporate Respiratory Care, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Zeek Tyler
Respiratory Therapy, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States
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Megan Jensen
Respiratory Therapy, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States
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Megan Hepworth
Respiratory Therapy, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, United States
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Robert L. Mazzola MD, MSPH, FCCP
Sleep Medicine, The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, Murray, Utah, United States
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Background: Patients receiving opioids are at risk of morbidity and death due to opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD). Time to discharge is decreasing, pushing these risks into the home setting. Monitoring systems with alarms may avert post-discharge OIRD. The feasibility of such systems for home monitoring has limited study. It is our impression rather than just OSA, an inadequate minute ventilation induced by opioids and /or polypharmacy of central nervous system depressing drugs, may be contributing factors to OIRD.

Methods: TOSH is the stand-alone hospital for orthopedic care within Intermountain Healthcare. Opioids can: 1) directly inhibit respiratory musculature function from the upper airway to the diaphragm, 2) impair hypoxic/hypercapnic ventilatory response, 3) alter control of breathing at the medulla and pons, and 4) impair arousal response. With an Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation grant, we began a quantitative, prospective, non-randomized, single cohort study using Masimo RAD 97 monitoring devices to test the feasibility of 4-day, home monitoring. Oxygen saturation (SpO2), HR, RR and capnography (ETCO2) were recorded. Patients meeting high-risk opioid inclusion criteria and prescribed opioids were included. Patients were educated about risks of OIRD and other CNS depressing medications, alarm response, Narcan administration and when to call 911. They were given a 24/7 number to call with questions/concerns. Upon device return, all recorded data were analyzed including pre-/post-study surveys given to patients.

Results: The study target was 500 enrolled patients or 6-months, whichever comes first. As of May 13, 2020, 235 patients have been enrolled in the study. Detailed post-study patient survey results are reported in Table One.

Conclusions: The majority of patients were willing to participate in additional studies but were split on allowing camera/video for communication in homes. Patients reported ETCO2 over-alarming. Masimo coordinated with researchers to identify a software issue and adjusted to allow for actionable alarming. One patient used Narcan after discharge, was aroused and caregivers called 911. Two patients with frequent alarms sounding during the night were admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with “opioid induced non-ST elevated myocardial infarction” and “opioid induced renal hypoxia/failure” respectively. It is our impression without this study raising the awareness of opioid risks and alarms alerting, these patient conditions may have gone unalerted, unrecognized, and delayed treatment.

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Kimberly J. Bennion, Zeek Tyler, Megan Jensen, Megan Hepworth, Robert L. Mazzola MD, MSPH, FCCP
Respiratory Care Oct 2020, 65 (Suppl 10) 3445448;

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