Morbidly obese patient with obstructive sleep apnoea for major spine surgery: An anaesthetic challenge

Morbidly obese patient with obstructive sleep apnoea for major spine surgery: An anaesthetic challenge

Morbidly obese patients with clinical features of obstructive sleep apnoea can present a myriad of challenges to the anaesthesiologists which must be addressed to minimise the perioperative risks. Initiation of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy early in the pre- and post-operative p...

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Main Authors: Shruti Redhu, Prabhakar Suman Prakash, Virendra Jain, Hari Hara Dash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Continuous positive airway pressure
obese
obstructive sleep apnoea
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2016;volume=60;issue=6;spage=420;epage=423;aulast=Redhu

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