title: Avoiding adverse outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): development and implementation of a perioperative OSA protocol.
abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with postoperative airway obstruction, hypoxemia, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiorespiratory arrest, hypoxic encephalopathy, and death. Three cases highlighting important issues in patients with OSA are presented that occurred prior to and after implementation of an OSA protocol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. nbolden@metrohealth.org
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bolden
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Auckley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000517:prevention & control; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology