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Postoperative complications with neuromuscular blocking drugs and/or reversal agents in obstructive sleep apnea patients: a systematic review.

Khawaja Rashid HafeezArvind TutejaMandeep SinghDavid T WongMahesh NagappaFrances ChungJean Wong
Published in: BMC anesthesiology (2018)
OSA patients who receive intraoperative NMBD may be at higher risk for postoperative hypoxemia, respiratory failure and residual neuromuscular blockade compared to non-OSA patients. There is some, albeit very limited evidence that NMBD reversal with sugammadex may be associated with less PPCs than neostigmine in patients with OSA. More high-quality studies are needed.
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