Same-day discharge for selected patients undergoing combined nasal and palatal surgery for obstructive sleep apnea

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-131

  Kieff, David A ^a   Busaba, Nicolas Y ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Observation status; Obstructive sleep apnea; Same day discharge; Septoplasty; Uvulopalatal pharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAME DAY DISCHARGE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 1242291858     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300209     Document Type: Review

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