Perioperative Complications in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Review of the Legal Literature

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 145-151

  Fouladpour, Nick ^a   Jesudoss, Rajinish ^b   Bolden, Norman ^b   Shaman, Ziad ^b   Auckley, Dennis ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANOXIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPENSATION; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84950314748     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000841     Document Type: Review

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