Assessment of perioperative difficult airway among undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea patients undergoing elective surgery: A prospective cohort study

Assessment of perioperative difficult airway among undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea patients undergoing elective surgery: A prospective cohort study

Background and Aims: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is largely undiagnosed in surgical population. Airway-related complication account for 35% of anaesthesia-related deaths and OSA patients have higher occurrence of difficult intubation (DIT). The aim of the study is to estimate the occurrence and c...

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Main Authors: Krishnakumar Mathangi, Jacob Mathews, Chandrasekar D Mathangi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Difficult intubation
difficult mask ventilation
obstructive sleep apnea
screening
STOPBANG
surgical patients
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2018;volume=62;issue=7;spage=538;epage=544;aulast=Mathangi

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