Wing Tai Kong1, Shawn Chopra2, Michael Kopf3, Carlos Morales4, Shahzad Khan5, Keith Zuccala6, Laura Choi6, John Chronakos7. 1. Department of Medicine, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, USA. 2. Jacksonville Hospitalists, Jacksonville, FL, USA. 3. Division of Hematology/Oncology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA. 4. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA. 5. Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA. 6. Division of Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, USA. 7. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, 06810, USA. john.chronakos@wchn.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) perioperatively in bariatric surgery patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been controversial. Although studies have demonstrated that CPAP use is safe in bariatric patients, prior studies have not shown improvement in outcomes in these patients. METHODS: A retrospective review of patients who underwent bariatric surgery from 2005 to 2009 was performed. All patients underwent polysomnography preoperatively. Patient age, sex, BMI, comorbidities, polysomnogram data, type of bariatric procedure, length of hospital stay, and postoperative complications were reviewed. The Fisher exact test was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Among the 352 patients studied, 47 with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥5 did not receive CPAP postoperatively. A total of 7/47 (14.9 %) developed postoperative pulmonary complications. There were no non-pulmonary complications. Some 9/305 (2.95 %) with CPAP developed pulmonary complications. There were 26/305 patients with all-cause complications (8.52 %). The AHI was higher in the group receiving treatment. There was a statistically significant difference in pulmonary complications between patients with and those without treatment (p value 0.0002). The average length of stay was 3.0 and 3.2 days in treatment and comparison groups, respectively, a difference that did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: Patients who did not receive CPAP postoperatively developed more pulmonary complications than those with CPAP, suggesting that CPAP might be beneficial in decreasing pulmonary complications in patients undergoing bariatric surgery. However, further investigation is warranted to better delineate other risk factors due to small sample size in our study group.
BACKGROUND: The use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) perioperatively in bariatric surgery patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been controversial. Although studies have demonstrated that CPAP use is safe in bariatric patients, prior studies have not shown improvement in outcomes in these patients. METHODS: A retrospective review of patients who underwent bariatric surgery from 2005 to 2009 was performed. All patients underwent polysomnography preoperatively. Patient age, sex, BMI, comorbidities, polysomnogram data, type of bariatric procedure, length of hospital stay, and postoperative complications were reviewed. The Fisher exact test was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Among the 352 patients studied, 47 with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥5 did not receive CPAP postoperatively. A total of 7/47 (14.9 %) developed postoperative pulmonary complications. There were no non-pulmonary complications. Some 9/305 (2.95 %) with CPAP developed pulmonary complications. There were 26/305 patients with all-cause complications (8.52 %). The AHI was higher in the group receiving treatment. There was a statistically significant difference in pulmonary complications between patients with and those without treatment (p value 0.0002). The average length of stay was 3.0 and 3.2 days in treatment and comparison groups, respectively, a difference that did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS:Patients who did not receive CPAP postoperatively developed more pulmonary complications than those with CPAP, suggesting that CPAP might be beneficial in decreasing pulmonary complications in patients undergoing bariatric surgery. However, further investigation is warranted to better delineate other risk factors due to small sample size in our study group.
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