Unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea in surgery: we can't afford to sleep on it any longer

Aaron Oh¹, Sutapa Mukherjee^{1

2}, R Doug McEvoy^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory and Sleep Service, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, Bedford Park, SA, Australia.
² Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia.

Editorial

Aaron Oh et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;11(11):E235-E238.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.10.11.

Aaron Oh¹, Sutapa Mukherjee^{1

2}, R Doug McEvoy^{1

2}

¹ Respiratory and Sleep Service, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, Bedford Park, SA, Australia.
² Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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