Preoperative identification of sleep apnea risk in elective surgical patients, using the Berlin questionnaire

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Chung, Frances ^a   Ward, Barnaby ^a   Ho, Joyce ^a   Yuan, Hongbo ^a   Kayumov, Leonid ^a   Shapiro, Colin ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthesia risk; Berlin questionnaire; Obstructive sleep apnea; Preoperative screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL PATIENT;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33947281564     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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