Nocturnal desaturation early after delivery: impact of delivery type and the beneficial effects of Fowler's position

Fujita, Nobuko; Grabitz, Stephanie D.; Shin, Christina H.; Hess, Philip E.; Mueller, Noomi; Bateman, Brian T.; Ecker, Jeffrey L.; Takahashi, Osamu; Houle, Timothy T.; Nagasaka, Yasuko; Eikermann, Matthias

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2019.01.007

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“…21,22 Improvement of pregnancy-related OSA without impairing sleep quality or sleep architecture early after delivery was also reported. [23][24][25] We confirmed the effect of 20 l • min -1 high-flow nasal cannula and additive effect of 30-degree upper-body elevation on treatment of postoperative OSA. Improvement of flowbased apnea hypopnea index by either high-flow nasal cannula or head-of-bed elevation was statistically significant, but clinically inadequate.…”

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Combination Therapy of High-flow Nasal Cannula and Upper-body Elevation for Postoperative Sleep-disordered Breathing: Randomized Crossover Trial

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Background Low acceptance rate of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in postoperative patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) indicates the necessity for development of an alternative postoperative airway management strategy. We considered whether the combination of high-flow nasal cannula and upper body elevation could improve postoperative OSA. Methods This non-blinded randomized crossover study performed at a single university hospital investigated the effect on a modified apnea hypopnea index, based exclusively on the airflow signal without arterial oxygen saturation criteria (flow-based apnea hypopnea index, primary outcome), of high-flow nasal cannula (20 liter.minute-1 with 40% oxygen concentration) with and without upper body elevation in patients with moderate to severe OSA. Preoperative sleep studies were performed at home (control, no head-of-bed elevation) and in hospital (30-degree head-of-bed elevation). On the first and second postoperative nights, high-flow nasal cannula was applied with or without 30-degree head-of-bed elevation, assigned in random order to 23 eligible participants. Results Twenty-two out of the 23 (96%) accepted high-flow nasal cannula. Four participants resigned from the study. Control flow-based apnea hypopnea index (mean±SD: 59.6 ± 12.0 events.hour-1, n=19) was reduced by 14.7 (95% CI: 5.5 to 30.0) events.hour-1 with head-of-bed elevation alone (p=0.002), 10.9 (1.2 to 20.6) events.hour-1 with high-flow nasal cannula alone (p=0.028), and 22.5 (13.1 to 31.9) events.hour-1 with combined head-of-bed elevation and high-flow nasal cannula (p<0.001). Compared to sole high-flow nasal cannula, additional intervention with head-of-bed elevation significantly decreased flow-based apnea hypopnea index by 11.5 events.hour-1 (1.7 to 21.4) (p=0.022). High-flow nasal cannula, alone or in combination with head-of-bed elevation also improved overnight oxygenation. No harmful events were observed. Conclusion The combination of high-flow nasal cannula and upper body elevation reduced OSA severity and nocturnal hypoxemia, suggesting a role for it as an alternate postoperative airway management strategy.

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