Vulnerability to Postoperative Complications in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Importance of Phenotypes.

doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000005390

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Vulnerability to Postoperative Complications in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Importance of Phenotypes.

Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 May 2021

Altree Thomas J, Chung Frances, Chan Matthew T V, Eckert Danny J

Abstract excerpt

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common comorbidity in patients undergoing surgical procedures. Patients with OSA are at heightened risk of postoperative complications. Current treatments for OSA focus on alleviating upper airway collapse due to impaired upper airway anatomy. Although impaired...

Topics

Anesthesia
Humans
Lung
Phenotype
Postoperative Complications
Respiration
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Sleep
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Treatment Outcome

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