RESEARCH ARTICLE
Perioperative Implementation of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: A Review of the Considerations
Suzanne Karan*, Shira Black, Falan Mouton
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2011Volume: 5
First Page: 14
Last Page: 18
Publisher ID: TOATJ-5-14
DOI: 10.2174/1874321801105010014
Article History:
Received Date: 18/01/2011Revision Received Date: 02/03/2011
Acceptance Date: 03/03/2011
Electronic publication date: 22/7/2011
Collection year: 2011
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
OSA patients present unique challenges in the peri-operative period. They routinely require more monitoring, oxygen therapy, unplanned ICU admissions, longer hospital stays, and have more adverse events than healthy counterparts. Some data suggest that perioperative CPAP use is associated with reduced morbidity and mortality of patients with OSA, and yet its application remains inconsistent. This review aims to summarize existing literature on the peri-operative use of CPAP, identify barriers to its implementation, and begin defining an algorithm for the practical application of peri-operative CPAP.