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Patient preference survey: are patients willing to delay surgery if obstructive sleep apnea is suspected?

BACKGROUND: Screening and optimizing patients for OSA in the perioperative period may reduce postoperative complications. However, sleep studies can be difficult to obtain before surgery. Previous surveys reported that the majority of sleep physicians would delay surgery to diagnose and manage OSA,...

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Autores principales: Ho, George, Cozowicz, Crispiana, Wong, Jean, Singh, Mandeep, Lam, Enoch, Mörwald, Eva E., Hasan, Najia, Memtsoudis, Stavros G., Chung, Frances
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6136217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30208964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-018-0594-5