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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-7

  Benumof, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; DEATH; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

DEATH; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84953347245     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-015-0513-x     Document Type: Editorial

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3. Gross JB, Bachenberg KL, Benumof JL, 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 the Perioperative Management of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Anesthesiology 2006; 104: 1081-93.