Screening Extremely Obese Pregnant Women for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Issue 3 (September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dominguez, J.E.; Grotegut, C.A.; Cooter, M.; Krystal, A.D.; Habib, A.S.
• Is Part Of: Obstetric anesthesia digest. Volume 39:Issue 3(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Subjects: Maternal obesity -- Nonobstetric maternal disease; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Periodicals; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Abstracts -- Periodicals; 617.968205
• DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000575172.83294.d5
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-665X

Abstract

Abstract : ( Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2018;219:613.e1.1–10) Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in addition to its multiple comorbidities, is associated with a significantly increased risk of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus in obese, pregnant women. However, current OSA diagnostic tools are costly and time-consuming to implement on a wide scale, and although portable at-home, unattended sleep apnea testing is emerging, such tools may be impractical in this particular patient population. This study evaluated the validity of existing OSA screening tools in a cohort of extremely obese pregnant women [body mass index (BMI) ≥40 kg/m 2 ] and determined what screening factors were most strongly associated with OSA in this cohort.