Anaesthesia / Critical Care Emergency Medicine General Medicine Strong — CDC-endorsed; standard tool for opioid risk assessment
Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) Calculator
Converts opioid doses to morphine milligram equivalents (MME) to assess total opioid burden, guide dose adjustments, and identify high-risk prescribing. Daily MME ≥ 90 mg/day associated with overdose risk.
References
- Dowell D, et al. CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2022;71(3):1–95.
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Drugs
- Morphine Slow-Release (Elderly Chronic Pain) · Opioid Analgesic — Modified-Release Oral
- Morphine (Orthopaedic Acute Pain) · Opioid Analgesic — Strong
- Morphine (Paediatric) · Opioid Analgesic — Moderate to Severe Pain in Children
- Morphine PCA (Burns Pain) · Opioid Analgesic (Patient-Controlled Analgesia)
- Morphine (PCA — Post-Operative Pain) · Opioid Analgesic — Patient-Controlled Analgesia
- Morphine · Opioid Analgesic — Severe Ureteric Colic / Post-Operative Pain
Pathways
- Difficult Airway Algorithm (DAS) · DAS 2015; Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Major Haemorrhage Protocol · NICE NG24; UK MHP guidelines
- New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation · ESC 2020 AF Guidelines; NICE NG196
- Hypertensive Emergency · ESC/ESH 2018 Hypertension Guidelines; NICE NG136
- Bradycardia Management · Resuscitation Council UK ABCDE; ESC 2021 Pacing Guidelines
- Ventricular Tachycardia / Fibrillation · Resuscitation Council UK ACLS; ESC 2022 Ventricular Arrhythmia Guidelines
Decision support only — verify against MDCalc, NICE, or your local guideline before clinical use.