The value of assessing risk of obstructive sleep apnea in surgical patients: It only takes one

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 473-474

  Gay, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RECOVERY ROOM; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 78149293295     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27937     Document Type: Note

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