In Reply: Postoperative continuous positive airway pressure treatment in surgical patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Anesthesiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 667-668

  Gross, Jeffrey B ^a   Apfelbaum, Jeffrey L ^a   Connis, Richard T ^a   Nickinovich, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84921671401     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000357     Document Type: Letter

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