Potentially life-threatening sleep apnea is unrecognized without aggressive evaluation

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-367

  Hallowell, Peter T ^a   Stellato, Thomas A ^a   Schuster, Margaret ^a   Graf, Kristen ^a   Robinson, Ann ^a   Crouse, Cathleen ^a   Jasper, John J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRICS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OHIO; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33847071317     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.09.022     Document Type: Article

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