Purpose: To help practitioners avoid adverse perioperative events in patients with
obstructive sleep-disordered breathing. Reviewers: Members of the American Academy of …

Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder of breathing but is
probably underappreciated as a perioperative risk factor. Methods This review is based on …

BACKGROUND: Despite the concern that sleep apnea (SA) is associated with increased
risk for postoperative complications, a paucity of information is available regarding the effect …

Safe perioperative management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) requires
special attention to preoperative and postoperative care. Patients with OSA are more likely …

BACKGROUND: Although patients with sleep apnea (SA) are considered to be at increased
risk for postoperative complications, evidence supporting increased risk of perioperative …

Background: The relationship between nasal surgery and its effect on continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) device therapeutic treatment pressures and CPAP device use has …

Purpose Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the gold standard in the
treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), its effectiveness depends on the regular use. In …

Purpose At present, there are no guidelines and insufficient evidence to guide the decision-
making of anesthesiologists in the perioperative care of patients with obstructive sleep …

Clinicians are becoming more aware of the risks of sleep deprivation and unrecognized
sleep-disordered breathing in hospitalized patients, most importantly in those patients …

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is prevalent in the surgical population, and it
has been suggested that preoperative patients should be screened and treated for OSA …