Bariatric Surgery and the Risk of Acute Exacerbation of COPD: Possible Role of OSA?

Affiliations

¹ Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: marta.kaminska@mcgill.ca.
² Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Marta Kaminska et al. Chest. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;154(2):456-457.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.04.012.

¹ Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: marta.kaminska@mcgill.ca.
² Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Goto T, Camargo CA Jr, Hasegawa K. Goto T, et al. Chest. 2018 Aug;154(2):457-458. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.04.013. Chest. 2018. PMID: 30080509 No abstract available.

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