Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea during pregnancy

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 317-324

  Abdullah, Hairil Rizal ^a,b   Nagappac, Mahesh ^c   Siddiqui, Naveed ^d   Chung, Frances ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fetal outcomes; Maternal outcomes; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pregnancy; Screening; Sleep disordered breathing; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SCREENING; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREATMENT PLANNING; FEMALE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84957900138     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000317     Document Type: Review

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