Simple screening model for identifying the risk of sleep apnea in patients on opioids for chronic pain: an infographic

Chronic pain patients taking opioids are at higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) than the general population. Fifty million people in the USA have chronic pain and 20% of these patients are on opioids. Of these chronic pain patients on opioids, 59% had undiagnosed sleep apnea and 30.8% of