PhysiologybioRxiv
Dysphagia as a missing link between post-surgical- and opioid-related pneumonia
Michael Frazure, Clinton L. Greene, Kimberly E. Iceman…·Teresa Pitts
This study shows that post-surgical opioid use and surgery itself impair airway protection in cats, increasing aspiration pneumonia risk.
DOI 10.1007/s00408-024-00672-8