Perioperative screening for obstructive sleep apnea [2]

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Grigg, Peter ^a   Lickteig, Carla ^a  

^a Memorial Hospital Central   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LETTER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 17144457177     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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