Upper airway management of the adult patient with obstructive sleep apnea in the perioperative period--avoiding complications.

Purpose: To help practitioners avoid adverse perioperative events in patients with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing.

Reviewers: Members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's Clinical Practice Review Committee.

Methods: A search of MEDLINE database using MeSH terms apnea, obstructive sleep apnea and anesthesia was conducted in October 2001.

Nonprescription treatments of snoring or obstructive sleep apnea: an evaluation of products with limited scientific evidence.

Purpose: To evaluate the level of evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of nonprescription therapies used to treat snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, and form a consensus statement based on available data.

Reviewers: Members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's Clinical Practice Review Committee.

Methods: A search of PubMed database using MeSH terms snore, apnea, and obstructive sleep apnea in August, 2002, including only articles published in English between 1990 and 2002 and of the World Wide Web, using Google search engine and the key words snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.