Open AccessPerioperative management and complications in patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing transsphenoidal surgery: Our institutional experience
Author(s) -
Ehsan Rahimi,
Ramamani Mariappan,
Suresh Tharmaradinam,
Pirjo Manninen,
Lashmi Venkatraghavan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.137266
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoxemia , perioperative , transsphenoidal surgery , obstructive sleep apnea , continuous positive airway pressure , sleep apnea , surgery , polysomnography , anesthesia , apnea , pituitary adenoma , adenoma
Patients with endocrine diseases such as acromegaly and Cushing's disease have a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There is controversy regarding the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) following transsphenoidal surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the perioperative management and complications, in patients with or without OSA undergoing transsphenoidal surgery.