[Perioperative Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS): Introduction of Chiba OSAS Protocol].

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common abnormal breathing during sleep among surgical patients and severe perioperative complications may develop in these patients. Anesthesiologists need to know pathophysiology of OSAS, its clinical features, diagnosis and treatments for their proper perioperative airway and hemodynamic management We developed an OSAS management protocol(Chiba OSAS protocol) covering from screening to postoperative airway management of OSAS.