Obstructive sleep apnea in general surgery patients: Is it more common than we think?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 436-440

  Kulkarni, Gaurav V ^a   Horst, Anne ^a   Eberhardt, Joshua M ^a   Kumar, Sunita ^a   Sarker, Sharfi ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Preoperative evaluation; STOP Bang

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURGICAL PATIENT;

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STOP-BANG;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84895457088     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. T. Young, R. Hutton, and L. Finn et al. The gender bias in sleep apnea diagnosis: are women missed because they have different symptoms? Arch Intern Med 156 1996 2445 2451
2. J.D. Lattimore, D.S. Celermajer, and I. Wilcox Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease J Am Coll Cardiol 41 2003 1429 1437
3. N.S. Marshall, K.K. Wong, and P.Y. Liu et al. Sleep apnea as an independent risk factor for all cause mortality: the Busselton Health Study Sleep 31 2008 1079 1085
4. J.B. Gross, K.L. Bachenberg, and J.L. Benumof et al. Practice guidelines for the perioperative management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea Anesthesiology 104 2006 1081 1093
5. R. Kaw, F. Chung, and V. Pasupuleti et al. Meta-analysis of the association between obstructive sleep apnoea and postoperative outcome Br J Anaesth 109 2012 897 906
6. J.M. Marin, S.J. Carrizo, and E. Vicente et al. Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational study Lancet 365 2005 1046 1053
7. J. Durán-Cantolla, F. Aizpuru, and C. Martínez-Null et al. Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea and systemic hypertension Sleep Med Rev 13 2009 323 331
8. O. Tzischinsky, S. Shahrabani, and R. Peled Factors affecting the decision to be treated with continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome Isr Med Assoc J 13 2011 413 419
9. F. Chung, B. Yegneswaran, and P. Liao et al. STOP questionnaire: a tool to screen patients for obstructive sleep apnea Anesthesiology 108 2008 812 821
10. F. Chung, B. Yegneswaran, and P. Liao et al. Validation of the Berlin questionnaire and American Society of Anesthesiologists checklist as screening tools for obstructive sleep apnea in surgical patients Anesthesiology 108 2008 822 830
11. C. Iber, S. Ancoli-Israel, and A. Cheeson et al. The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events, Rules, Terminology and Technical Specifications 2007 American Academy of Sleep Medicine Westchester, IL
12. T.S. Vasu, K. Doghramji, and R. Cavallazzi et al. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and postoperative complications: clinical use of the STOP-BANG questionnaire Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 136 2010 1020 1024
13. W.C. Frey, and J. Pilcher Obstructive sleep-related breathing disorders in patients evaluated for bariatric surgery Obes Surg 13 2003 676 683
14. F. Chung, R. Subramanyam, and P. Liao et al. High STOP-BANG score indicates a high probability of obstructive sleep apnoea Br J Anaesth 108 2012 768 775
15. S.G. Memtsoudis, M.C. Besculides, and M. Mazumdar A rude awakening-the perioperative sleep apnea epidemic N Engl J Med 368 2013 2352 2353