OSA
Significantly Greater Risk for Unplanned Admission in Surgery Patients With OSA
Ambulatory surgery patients with obstructive sleep apnea have a significantly higher risk of being admitted to the ...
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Avoiding the Perils of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
OSA has emerged as a serious anesthesia safety dilemma because it often causes postoperative respiratory arrest and ...
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Public Education Critical in Addressing, Combating Deadly OSA Risks
We take care of patients who have developed life-threatening and life-altering complications due to an unrecognized ...
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Ongoing Trial Assesses Ultrasound Screening for OSA
A PoCUS tool could be used for accurate screening for OSA helping to avoid the pitfalls of OSA screening ...
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Simplified OSA Screening Tool Proves Efficacy
San Francisco—A screening tool designed to identify surgical patients at high risk for obstructive sleep ...
MARCH 6, 2019
STOP-BANG Highly Predictive of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, but Shows Lower Predictive Validity Elsewhere
Boston—A database analysis comprising more than 25,000 patients has concluded that the STOP-BANG ...
APRIL 9, 2018
Opioids Linked to Complications in OSA Patients Undergoing Arthroplasties
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who underwent total joint arthroplasty and received higher levels of ...
MARCH 5, 2018
Post-op Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Sleep Apnea May Elevate CO2
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who are administered oxygen therapy postoperatively may develop ...
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Capnography Algorithm Greatly Reduces Number of Nuisance Alarms
Refining continuous capnography monitoring by using a new algorithmic alarm filter in a medical-surgical unit ...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Better Monitoring Reduces Post-op Respiratory Complications
Sending OSA patients who are undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery to the ICU for intensive monitoring during the ...
JANUARY 24, 2017
Predictors of Post–PACU Analgesic Use In Children Following Outpatient Surgery Identified
More than one-third of children require at least one form of PACU analgesic after outpatient surgery, according to ...
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Phenotypes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Described
As dangerous as obstructive sleep apnea may be to surgical patients, an increasing number of screening tools are ...
OCTOBER 28, 2016