The purpose of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine guideline on preoperative
screening and assessment of adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is to present …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a commonly encountered problem in the perioperative
setting even though many patients remain undiagnosed at the time of surgery. The objective …

Background Surgery for obesity and metabolic diseases has been evolved in the light of
new scientific evidence, long-term outcomes and accumulated experience. EAES has …

Abstract Background The STOP-Bang questionnaire is used to screen patients for
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). We evaluated the association between STOP-Bang scores …

Guidelines are presented for the organisational and clinical peri‐operative management of
anaesthesia and surgery for patients who are obese, along with a summary of the problems …

Background Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) affects∼ 9–24% of the general population,
and 90% remain undiagnosed. Those patients with undiagnosed moderate-to-severe OSA …

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased risk of
postoperative complications. The authors investigated whether preoperative diagnosis and …

Obesity is recognized as a global health crisis. Bariatric surgery offers a treatment that can
reduce weight, induce remission of obesity-related diseases, and improve the quality of life …

Abstract Study Objective To determine whether a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) imparts an increased risk of postoperative respiratory failure, cardiac events, and …

Despite the increasing use of a variety of different analgesic strategies, opioids continue as
the mainstay for management of moderate to severe acute pain. However, concerns remain …