The Effects of Patient Features on Opioid Induced End-Tidal CO2

Completed

• Conditions: Opioid Use During Medical Care

• Registration Number: NCT01371903
• Lead Sponsor: Albany Medical College

Brief Summary

Emergency department patients receiving opioid pain medicine such as morphine, fentanyl or Dilaudid are eligible. After medication exhaled carbon dioxide is measured. and recorded.

Detailed Description

Emergency department patients receiving opioid pain medicine such as morphine, fentanyl, or Dilaudid are eligible. After receiving the pain medication, a small soft plastic tube will be placed between the upper lip and nose. This tube is used to measure the amount of carbon dioxide the patient is breathing out. It can also be used to deliver oxygen if the provider feels the patient needs it. The carbon dioxide breathed out is measured and collected. Other information collected are height, weight, and vital signs. Patient participation time is approximately 2 hours during the emergency department visit.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-08
• Status Verified: 2011-06
• Study First Submitted: 2011-06-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-06-10
• Study First Posted: 2011-06-13
• Primary Completion: 2012-11
• Study Completion: 2012-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-03-20
• Last Update Posted: 2014-03-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 278

Inclusion Criteria

• non intubated patients receiving intravenous opioid medications

Exclusion Criteria

• mechanically ventilated patients
• patients with physiologic shock

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
end tidal carbon dioxide	study start, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes	measured through small nasal cannula (plastic tube at base of nares)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Albany Medical Center Emergency Department; 🇺🇸 Albany, New York, United States