title: Not just a patient that snores. Obstructive sleep apnoea: the perioperative concerns through the eye of the anaesthetist.
abstract: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has life threatening perioperative cardiorespiratory implications. As patients present to hospital for incidental surgery unaware of their condition, perioperative practitioners need a thorough knowledge of OSA to allow optimisation before theatre. Elective cases should be delayed for investigation and treatment if OSA is suspected. In theatre cardiorespiratory problems should be managed by a senior anaesthetist and a perioperative team alert to the risk of post-operative hypoxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London E11 1NR. suyogi.jigajinni@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Suyogi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jigajinni
authors.forename: Pervez
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.forename: Dharshini
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D006801:Humans; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012913:Snoring; D000078329:Workforce