RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pre-operative screening for obstructive sleep apnoea
JF European Respiratory Review
JO EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 160012
DO 10.1183/16000617.0012-2016
VO 26
IS 143
A1 Johan Verbraecken
A1 Jan Hedner
A1 Thomas Penzel
YR 2017
UL http://err.ersjournals.com/content/26/143/160012.abstract
AB Sleep disordered breathing, especially obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), has a high and increasing prevalence. Depending on the apnoea and hypopnoea scoring criteria used, and depending on the sex and age of the subjects investigated, prevalence varies between 3% and 49% of the general population. These varying prevalences need to be reflected when considering screening for OSA. OSA is a cardiovascular risk factor and patients are at risk when undergoing medical interventions such as surgery. Screening for OSA before anaesthesia and surgical interventions is increasingly considered. Therefore, methods for screening and the rationale for screening for OSA are reviewed in this study.Screening of patients with simple questionnaires and sleep tests will identify OSA prior to surgery http://ow.ly/4GZl300mXsh