Crispiana Cozowicz

TL;DR: The purpose of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine guideline on preoperative screening and assessment of adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea is to present recommendations based on the available clinical evidence where possible, and these recommendations reflect the current state of knowledge and its interpretation by a group of experts in the field at the time of publication.

TL;DR: The majority of studies suggest that the presence of OSA is associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications, and the association between OSA and in-hospital mortality varied among studies.

TL;DR: Recommendation: primary neuraxial anaesthesia is preferred for knee arthroplasty, given several positive postoperative outcome benefits; evidence level: low, weak recommendation.

TL;DR: While the optimal multimodal regimen is still not known, the authors’ findings encourage the combined use of multiple modalities in perioperative analgesic protocols.

TL;DR: This guideline seeks to address questions regarding the intraoperative care of patients with OSA, including airway management, anesthetic drug and agent effects, and choice of anesthesia type.