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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

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Sleep-disordered breathing affects approximately 20 % of adults and is even more common among patients preparing for surgery. 7 % of adults have moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A small subset of these patients suffer from obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), defined as awake hypoventilation in the setting of obesity and sleep-disordered breathing. The prevalence of OHS is 0.15–0.3 % in adults, but up to 8 % in patients preparing for bariatric surgery.

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  1. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Molly Blackley Jackson M.D. & Karen A. McDonough M.D.

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Jackson, M.B., McDonough, K.A. (2015). Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. In: Jackson, M.B., Mookherjee, S., Hamlin, N.P. (eds) The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09366-6_29

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