• Rev Bras Anestesiol · Nov 2011

    Case Reports

    Importance of pre-anesthetic evaluation: case report of a patient with obstructive sleep apnea.

    • Raquel Reis Soares, Friederike Wolff Valadares, Marta Beatriz Araujo, and Michele Nacur Lorentz.
    • Brazilian Society for Pain Study, Brazil. raquelrsoares@globo.com
    • Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2011 Nov 1;61(6):786-92.

    Background And ObjectivesThe objective of this report was to show the importance of pre-anesthetic assessment in reducing morbidity and mortality of surgical patients and alert to problems and anesthetic care associated with obstructive sleep apnea.Case ReportThis is a 28-year old male patient with class II obesity, sleep apnea, hypertension, referred to the pre-anesthetic outpatient clinic for evaluation of uvuloplasty under general anesthesia. After orientation on sleep apnea, explaining to the patient the risks associated with the procedure, and discussing with the surgeon, we decided to review the surgical indication and postpone the procedure.ConclusionsThe pre-anesthetic outpatient clinic is extremely important in reducing morbidity as well as mortality of surgical patients and, especially, in evaluating patients with obstructive sleep apnea, showing to be fundamental for the anesthetic-surgical schedule, orienting conducts to be followed, and interfering positively on patient prognosis.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

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