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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Airway Evaluation

NCT03361553 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2024-12-11

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Summary

Current practice guidelines recommend obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients to stay in the post anesthetic care unit (PACU) until the risk of respiratory depression has subsided. Inevitably, a greater demand on hospital resource utilization in these patients will increase health care cost. Polysomnography (PSG) and screening questionnaires can identify OSA but they are limited by accessibility and false positive results, respectively. Inaccurate OSA identification misguides postoperative surveillance plan. In contrast with MRI and CT scans, ultrasound is more accessible and more likely a practical tool for OSA screening. However, before clinical application, airway ultrasound (US) exam must undergo vigorous testing to check its utility, accuracy, inter-observer reliability and its ability to identify OSA and its severity.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mandeep Singh · Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital- UHN, University of Toronto

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-20
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2022-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

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