Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Postoperative Outcomes After Elective Surgery: Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

BACKGROUND: Systematic screening and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in presurgical patients would impose a significant cost burden; therefore, it is important to understand whether SDB is associated with worse postoperative outcomes. We sought to deter...

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Main Authors: Mokhlesi, Babak, Hovda, Margaret D., Vekhter, Benjamin, Arora, Vineet M., Chung, Frances, Meltzer, David O.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American College of Chest Physicians 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760743/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23538745
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.12-2905
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