Is obstructive sleep apnea related to postoperative delirium, postoperative, coma or both?

Baiyuan Yang^{1

2}, Pingping Ning², Yanming Xu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Seventh People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 610041, China.
² Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Editorial

Baiyuan Yang et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1320-S1321.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.50.

Baiyuan Yang^{1

2}, Pingping Ning², Yanming Xu²

¹ Department of Neurology, Seventh People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 610041, China.
² Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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