Mounting evidence indicates that opioid-sparing anesthesia (OSA) decreases opioid-related adverse events. This article examines whether OSA might improve initial recovery after cardiac surgery.

A total of 1916 patients were scanned, and 1218 patients were included in the analysis: 392 in the OSA group and 826 in the control group. The QoR-15 global score measured 24 hours after surgery ...

Here are five things to know from the study: 1. Data from patients who underwent elective heart surgery between July 2023 and July 2024 were analyzed. Patients were divided into an OSA group and a ...

This is so for many OSA patients, as Philipp Fassbender and colleagues point out in a review in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztbl Int; 2016; 113: 463-69).

In the general population, the severity of OSA depends on body position in more than 50 percent of patients. Upper body elevation improves upper airway size and collapsibility during anesthesia ...

Here are eight things to know about obstructive sleep apnea: 1. Surgical patients are at risk for complications during a hospitalization or surgery whether they know they have OSA or not. 2. Both ...

Approximately one quarter of pregnant women may suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), the recurrent cessation or limitation of normal breathing during sleep, new research suggests. In ...

It should be possible to reduce the proportion of undiagnosed severe OSA by implementing a formal screening tool as part of the routine preoperative anesthesia assessment. The results of screening ...