Stoelting's Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease

Anesthetic considerations for obstructive lung disease

Obstructive respiratory diseases are an important factor contributing to increased risk of perioperative pulmonary complications. There is increasing awareness of how these complications contribute to overall morbidity, mortality, and increased hospital length of stay. Perioperative pulmonary complications can also play…

Sleep-related breathing disorder

Sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD) is the second most common category as classified by the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD-3), after insomnia, and the most common disorder encountered in sleep medicine labs. SRBD can refer to an exclusively sleep-related disorder…