Research
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Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) face a significantly increased risk of major perisurgical adverse outcomes and perioperative death when undergoing bariatric surgery.
Having sleep apnea makes weight loss surgery much more dangerous. It triples your risk of dying during the procedure. This is why doctors require a sleep study before surgery.
StrongSupportsVERY_HIGH confidence
a history of OSA is significantly associated with an increased risk of major perisurgical adverse outcomes in patients undergoing BS... OSA was found to triple the risk of perioperative death
Why this rating
Cites large-scale consortium data (LABS) and single-surgeon reports.
Source
Obstructive sleep apnea is underrecognized and underdiagnosed in patients undergoing bariatric surgery
Madeline J. L. Ravesloot et al. · European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology · 2012
cohort · n=279Cited 167×
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