The name Noreen is an Irish baby name. In Irish the meaning of the name Noreen is: light; honor. American Meaning: The name Noreen is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Noreen is: light; honor.
The two most common medications used to sedate patients for medical procedures are midazolam and fentanyl. Fentanyl is a medication classified as an opioid narcotic analgesic (pain reliever) that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.
I care for a COPD patient who has a prn order for morphine to treat his dyspnea. Why would the physician order this drug when respiratory depression is a side effect? Morphine is the drug of choice for managing dyspnea in COPD. However, it's given in much smaller doses for dyspnea than for pain. Morphine helps a patient breathe easier in a number of ways: It reduces anxiety and may blunt the body's response to hypercapnia and hypoxemia that contribute to dyspnea. Its vasodilating effect reduces preload, which in turn relieves pulmonary congestion that also contributes to dyspnea.