Kendal Gapinski | Contributing Editor
Wake Up to the Dangers of Sleep Apnea
5 key takeaways from the new OSA guidelines.
D
id you know that it's believed that obstruc-
tive sleep apnea (OSA) is just as common
— if not more common — than diabetes?
Yet while it's standard to ask your patients
if they have diabetes before surgery, many
facilities still aren't checking
patients for OSA before
going under the
knife, despite
the risks asso-
ciated with it.
• GASP Surgery can
worsen the symp-
toms of sleep apnea,
which is more com-
mon than many other
diseases in surgical
patients.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
