Peri-operative treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and outcomes in bariatric patients.

Conclusions: Bariatric patients who are screened pre-operatively for OSA and treated according to guidelines have no increased risk of respiratory complications compared to patients without OSA. PMID: 29445538 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445538?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - February 17, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research