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Obstructive sleep apnoea
Author(s) -
TIERNEY N.M.,
POLLARD B.J.,
DORAN B.R.H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb11232.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , intensive care unit , sleep (system call) , airway , analgesic , opioid , intensive care medicine , computer science , operating system , receptor
Summary A patient with obstructive sleep apnoea is described, who required admission to an intensive care unit on two separate occasions within 2 months. The first admission was after anaesthesia for operation on the upper airway. The second occurred after a relative overdose of an opioid analgesic was administered. The diagnosis, treatment and anaesthetic management of patients with this syndrome are discussed.