Dysphagia as a missing link between post-surgical- and opioid-related pneumonia
M. Frazure, C. L. Greene, K. Iceman, D. R. Howland, T. Pitts
This study shows that post-surgical opioid use and surgery itself impair airway protection in cats, increasing aspiration pneumonia risk.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2023Physiology