Should we routinely screen for hypercapnia in sleep apnea patients before elective noncardiac surgery?

Babak Mokhlesi; Leif Saager; Roop Kaw

doi:10.3949/ccjm.77a.09105

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Should we routinely screen for hypercapnia in sleep apnea patients before elective noncardiac surgery?

Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc, Leif Saager, MD and Roop Kaw, MD

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 60-61; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09105

Babak Mokhlesi

Director of Sleep Disorders Center, Director of Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Roles: Associate Professor of Medicine

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Leif Saager

Department of Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic

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Roop Kaw

Department of Hospital Medicine and Department of Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic

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vol. 77 no. 1 60-61

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https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09105

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20048031

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

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0891-1150

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1939-2869

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