Survey of perioperative care of adults with obstructive sleep apnoea

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 706-708

  Bamgbade, Olumuyiwa A ^a   Chung, Angela S ^a   Khalaf, Wael M ^a   Dwyer, Betsy J ^b   Alfa, John A ^b   Tierney, Nicholas M ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; BODY MASS; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 70249140293     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283297555     Document Type: Letter

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