• Indian J Anaesth · Jun 2016

    Morbidly obese patient with obstructive sleep apnoea for major spine surgery: An anaesthetic challenge.

    • Shruti Redhu, Prabhakar Suman Prakash, Virendra Jain, and Hari Hara Dash.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
    • Indian J Anaesth. 2016 Jun 1; 60 (6): 420-3.

    AbstractMorbidly obese patients with clinical features of obstructive sleep apnoea can present a myriad of challenges to the anaesthesiologists which must be addressed to minimise the perioperative risks. Initiation of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy early in the pre- and post-operative period along with appropriate anaesthetic planning is of paramount importance in such patients. This case report emphasises the usefulness of CPAP therapy, even for a short duration, to minimise morbidity, improve recovery and hasten early discharge from the hospital after major surgery.

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