title: Postoperative episodic oxygen desaturation in the sleep apnoea syndrome.
abstract: We describe a patient with sleep apnoea syndrome who showed severe episodic hypoxaemia in the late postoperative period. The sleep apnoea syndrome should be studied further to evaluate its significance as a surgical risk factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Hvidovre University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kehlet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D010507:Periodicity; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications*