Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS
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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Mar 2015
[Health care power of attorney project at the University Hospital Frankfurt].
Under German law it is the patient alone who has the right to decide whether or not to undergo a particular medical procedure. Treating a patient without his or her consent always constitutes a serious infringement of the patient's constitutional right of self-determination as well as the right to physical integrity. ⋯ The University Hospital has developed its own health care power of attorney form for patient use. In addition, patients have the option of receiving additional information about other types of health care advance directives, such as a living will.
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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Mar 2015
[Perioperative Management of adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea].
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep related breathing disorder with an increasing prevalence. Most surgical patients with OSA have not been diagnosed prior to surgery and are at an increased risk of developing perioperative complications. Preoperative identification of these patients is important in order to take appropriate measures concerning a safe perioperative management. ⋯ The extent and duration of postoperative continuous monitoring has to be determined on an individual basis. A preoperatively existing therapy with continuous positive airway pressure should be continued postoperatively as soon as possible. Patients with OSA may be managed on an outpatient basis if certain requirements are met.