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Postoperative episodic oxygen desaturation in the sleep apnoea syndrome
Author(s) -
Rosenberg J.,
Kehlet H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1991.tb03308.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep (system call) , anesthesia , pediatrics , computer science , operating system
We describe a patient with sleep apnoea syndrome who showed severe episodic hypoxaemia in the late postoperative period. The sleep apnoea syndrome should be studied further to evaluate its significance as a surgical risk factor.