Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Cause of Obstruction in Sleep Apnea Shown in New Anesthesia Technique

Demonstrating the cause of obstruction in patients with severe sleep apnea is possible with a simplified anesthesia procedure enabling more widespread use of preoperative testing, suggests a study in iAnesthesia (and) Analgesia/i. Dr. Joshua H. Atkins and Dr. Jeff E. Mandel of the University of Pennsylvania and their colleagues have developed a new "ramp control" anesthetic technique for putting patients to sleep briefly-just enough to show the "obstructive anatomy" ...

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