Perioperative care of patients with obstructive sleep apnea - A survey of Canadian anesthesiologists

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-304

  Turner, Kim ^a   VanDenKerkhof, Elizabeth ^a   Lam, Miu ^a   Mackillop, William ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33645929416     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022219     Document Type: Article

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