Routine Postoperative Monitoring after Bariatric Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea: ICU Admission is not Necessary.
Amin B GouchamUsha K CoblijnHelga B Hart-SweetNico de VriesSjoerd M LagardeBart A van WagensveldPublished in: Obesity surgery (2016)
Patients with severe OSA and adequate CPAP use are at low risk of cardiopulmonary complications after (laparoscopic) bariatric surgery. Routine admission to an ICU might be superfluous. However, continuous digital oximetry remains essential.
Keyphrases
- obstructive sleep apnea
- bariatric surgery
- obese patients
- positive airway pressure
- weight loss
- intensive care unit
- emergency department
- clinical practice
- early onset
- mechanical ventilation
- sleep apnea
- patients undergoing
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- robot assisted
- acute respiratory distress syndrome