Proportion of surgical patients with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 629-636

  Singh, M ^a,b   Liao, P ^a   Kobah, S ^a   Wijeysundera, D N ^a,c   Shapiro, C ^d   Chung, F ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnosis; perioperative period; screening; sleep apnoea, obstructive; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 84875678531     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes465     Document Type: Article

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