Postoperative Changes in Sleep-disordered Breathing and Sleep Architecture in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

2013182 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Frances Chung · University Health Network

Balaji Yegneswaran · University Health Network

Colin M. Shapiro · University Health Network

Abstract

Postoperatively, sleep architecture was disturbed and AHI was increased in both OSA and non-OSA patients. Although the disturbances in sleep architecture were greatest on postoperative N1, breathing disturbances during sleep were greatest on postoperative N3.

Topics & Keywords

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Sleep and Wakefulness Research Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Anesthesiology

Volume 120, Issue 2, pp. 287-298

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000000040

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