Russell K. Portenoy, MD, Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, talks about the dangers of opioid associated sleep disordered breathing, and identifies risk factors that should prompt a physician to order polysomnography studies on some patients.
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Russell Portenoy, MD has indicated the following financial disclosures during the past 12 months:
- Advisor/speaker
- Arsenal Medical Inc.
- Grupo Ferrer
- Xenon
Departmental educational/research grants
- Ameritox
- Archimedes Pharmaceuticals
- Boston Scientific
- Covidien Mallinckrodt Inc.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals
- Forest Labs
- K-Pax Pharmaceuticals
- Meda Pharmaceuticals
- Medtronics
- Otsuka Pharma
- ProStrakan
- Purdue Pharma
- Salix
- St. Jude Medical
Medtronics
Otsuka Pharma
ProStrakan
Purdue Pharma
Salix
St. Jude Medical
