Obstructive sleep apnea in the adult obese patient: implications for airway management.
Obstructive sleep apnea in the adult obese patient may be due, in part, to an increased amount of pharyngeal tissue. Therefore, there is an increased risk of intubation and extubation difficulties and pain management can be expected to be complicated by opioid/sedative-induced pharyngeal collapse.
Benumof
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University of California San Diego Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, San Diego, CA 92103-8812, USA. jbenumof@ucsd.edu
D000758:Anesthesia; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010609:Pharyngeal Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology