Transient hypoxemia after endotracheal tube extubation in a patient who received reversal of muscle relaxation using sugammadex after general anesthesia: A case report

Post-operative respiratory depression is common in patients recovering from anesthesia and can result fatal cardiopulmonary collapse, anoxic brain injury, mortality. We report a case of 54-year-old morbidly obese female patient who developed transient hypoxemia after general anesthesia. The with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) underwent breast excision surgery. At the end surgery, her muscle function was fully restored using sugammadex. However, post-anesthesia care unit. clinician should keep mind that OSA are likely to develop due residual sedative effects airway obstruction despite recovery