What mediates postoperative risk in obstructive sleep apnea: airway obstruction, nocturnal hypoxia, or both?

Can J Anaesth. 2016 Sep;63(9):1104-5. doi: 10.1007/s12630-016-0667-1. Epub 2016 May 12.

Authors

Eric P Deflandre¹, Vincent L Bonhomme², Jean-François E Brichant³, Jean L Joris³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Clinique Saint-Luc of Bouge, Belgium & Cabinet Medical ASTES & University of Liege, Liege, Belgium. [email protected].
² University Department of Anaesthesia and ICM, CHR Citadelle and CHU Liege, Liege, Belgium.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.

PMID: 27174299
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-016-0667-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Airway Obstruction / complications*
Humans
Hypoxia / complications*
Oxygen / blood
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Risk
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / complications
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / diagnosis
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / epidemiology*

Substances

Oxygen