Due to an aging population, higher rates of obesity and an increase in the overall number of surgical procedures, more surgical patients are likely to present with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
To address the challenges that anesthesiologists face perioperatively while managing patients with OSA, the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) released new practice guidelines in Anesthesia & Analgesia (2016;123:452-473).
“OSA patients pose a two- to threefold risk of cardiac and