Do patients with obstructive sleep apnea have an increased risk of desaturation during induction of anesthesia for weight loss surgery?

Open Respiratory Medicine Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 58-62

  Eikermann, Matthias ^a,b   Garzon Serrano, Jaime ^a   Kwo, Jean ^a   Grosse Sundrup, Martina ^a,b   Schmidt, Ulrich ^a   Bigatello, Luca ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Bariatric surgery; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oximetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI SCORE; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 84987771108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874306401004010058     Document Type: Article

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