Postoperative episodic oxygen desaturation in the sleep apnoea syndrome

1 May 1991

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Vol. 35 (4) , 368-369
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.1991.tb03308.x

Abstract

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.

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