Anesthetic management of a patient of multinodular goiter with retrosternal extension presenting with obstructive sleep apnea for total thyroidectomy
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Anesthetic care of the patient with obstructive sleep apnea.
Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an insidious, progressive disease1 that is significantly under diagnosed in the general population. It carries increased risk of difficult intubation preoperatively2 and increased risk of postoperative respiratory depression and airway collapse leading to hypoxia and possibly asphyxia3. In light of the estimated prevalence of symptomatic OSA in 5%4 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2589-8302
DOI: 10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_210_17