PERIOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRACHEOTOMY FOR THE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA PATIENT

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31 May 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 52 (6) , 619-622
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/52.6.619

Abstract

The perioperative course of three patients with obstructive sleep apnoea who underwent tracheotomy is presented as illustrative of the potentially life-threatening complications of management. It is concluded that this disease demands strict adherence to basic principles of airway management and close observation extending into the period after operation.

Keywords

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
TRACHEOTOMY PROCEDURE
AIRWAY MAINTENANCE

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The American Journal of Medicine, 1978
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