Andrew M Namen, Daniel Forest, Amit K Saha, Kang Rui Xiang, Kelly Younger, Sarah Ellen E Stephens, Sheila Maurer, Arjun B Chatterjee, Alexander Sy, Cormac O'Donovan, Sandhya Kumar, Clark Pinyan, Ronald Carroll, Stephen P Peters, Edward F Haponik
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an under-recognized condition that results in morbidity and mortality. Postoperative complications including medical emergency team activation (META) are disproportionally increased among surgical patients at risk for OSA. A systematic approach is needed to improve provider recognition and treatment, but protocols demonstrate improvement from META are lacking. As part of a multidisciplinary quality improvement project, DOISNORE50 (DIS), a sleep apnea questionnaire and proactive safety measures, was algorithmically applied to all perioperative patients...
May 2, 2022: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine: JCSM: Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine