title: What mediates postoperative risk in obstructive sleep apnea: airway obstruction, nocturnal hypoxia, or both?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Clinique Saint-Luc of Bouge, Belgium & Cabinet Medical ASTES & University of Liege, Liege, Belgium. eric.deflandre@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Eric P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Deflandre
authors.affiliation: University Department of Anaesthesia and ICM, CHR Citadelle and CHU Liege, Liege, Belgium.
authors.forename: Vincent L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Bonhomme
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean-François E
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Brichant
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Joris
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012306:Risk; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen