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Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications Last Two Years [Link to top]

  1. Bai JW, Singh M, Short A, Bozak D, Chung F, Chan VWS, Bhatia A, Perlas A. Intrathecal Morphine and Pulmonary Complications after Arthroplasty in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Anesthesiology 2020 Jan 15. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003110. [Epub ahead of print]
  2. Chung F, Wong J, Bellingham G, Lebovic G, Singh M, Waseem R, Peng P, George CFP, Furlan A, Bhatia A, Clarke H, Juurlink DN, Mamdani MM, Horner R, Orser BA, Ryan CM; Op-Safe Investigators. Predictive factors for sleep apnoea in patients on opioids for chronic pain. BMJ Open Respir Res 2019; 6(1): e000523. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000523.
  3. Krishnasamy S, Sahid SM, Hashim SA1, Singh S3, Chung F4, Mokhtar RAR, Yin WC. Obstructive sleep apnoea and open heart surgery: a review of its incidence and impact to patients. Thorac Dis 2019 Dec;11(12):5453-5462. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.11.44.
  4. Wong J, An D, Urman RD, Warner DO, Tonnesen H, Raveendran R, Abdullah HR, Pfeifer K, Maa J, Finegan B, Li E, Webb A, Edwards AF, Preston P, Bentov N, Richman DC, Chung F. Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) Consensus Statement on Perioperative Smoking Cessation. Anesth Analg 2019 Nov 18. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004508. [Epub ahead of print]
  5. Wong DT, Dallaire A, Singh KP, Madhusudan P, Jackson T, Singh M, Wong J Chung F. High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Improves Safe Apnea Time in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg 2019 Oct;129(4):1130-1136. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003966.
  6. Mubashir T, Abrahamyan L, Niazi A, Piyasena D, Arif AA, Wong J, Osorio RS, Ryan CM, Chung F. The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review. BMC Neurology 2019; 19(1): 195.
  7. Suen CM, Chung F. (2019). Pulse-ox paradox: potential versus pitfalls of pulse oximetry monitoring in surgical patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Can J Anaesth 2019; 66(11): 1286-1290.
  8. Urman RD, Chung F, Gan TJ. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Ambulatory Surgery: Who Is Truly at Risk? Anesth Analg 2019 Aug; 129(2):327-329.
  9. Chung F, Wong J, Mestek ML, Niebel KH, Lichtenthal P. Characterization of respiratory compromise and the potential clinical utility of capnography in the post-anesthesia care unit: a blinded observational trial. J Clin Monit Comput 2019 Jun 7. doi: 10.1007/s10877-019-00333-9.
  10. Candiotti KA, Kranke P, Bergese SD, Melson TI, Motsch J, Siddiqui N, Chung F, Rodriguez Y, Minkowitz HS, Ayad SS, Diemunsch P, Fox G. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of intravenous amisulpride as treatment of established postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients who have had no prior prophylaxis. Anesth Analg 2019; Jun 1;128(6):1098-1105.
  11. Chan MT, Wang CY, Seet E, Tam S, Lai HY, Chew EF, Wu WKK, Cheng, BCP, Lam CKM, Short TG, Hui DSC, Chung F, Postoperative Vascular Complications in Unrecognized Obstructive Sleep Apnea (POSA) Study Investigator (2019). Association of unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea with postoperative cardiovascular events in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery. AMA 2019, 321(18), 1788-1798. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.4783.
  12. Suen C, Ryan CM, Mubashir T, Ayas N, Abrahamyan L, Wong J, Mokhlesi B, Chung F. Sleep Study and Oximetry Parameters for Predicting Postoperative Complications in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Chest 2019; 155: 855-867.
  13. An D, Ayob F, Rajaleelan W, Chung F, Wong J. Preoperative smoking cessation as part of surgical prehabilitation. Can J Anesth 2019 Apr 15;66(4):476-9. doi:10.1007/s12630-018-01283-7
  14. Hershner S, Dauvilliers Y, Chung F, Singh M, Wong J, Gali B, Kakkar R, Mignot E, Thorpy M, Auckley D, Knowledge Gaps in the Perioperative Management of Adults with Narcolepsy: A Call for Further Research. Anesth Analg 2019 March 7; 129(1), pp.204-211. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004088.
  15. Habib AS, Kranke P, Bergese SD, Chung F, Ayad S, Siddiqui N, Motsch J, Leiman DG, Melson TI, Diemunsch P, Fox GM, Candiotti KA. (Amisulpride for the Rescue Treatment of Postoperative Nausea or Vomiting in Patients Failing Prophylaxis: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Phase III Trial. Anesthesiology 2019; 130(2): 203-212.
  16. Ayob F, Lam E, Ho G, Chung F, El-Beheiry H, Wong J. Pre-operative biomarkers and imaging tests as predictors of post-operative delirium in non-cardiac surgical patients: a systematic review. BMC Anesthesiol 2019 Feb 23;19(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s12871-019-0693-y.
  17. Hershner S, Kakkar R, Chung F, Singh M, Wong J, Auckley D. Narcolepsy, Anesthesia, and Sedation: A Survey of the Perioperative Experience of Patients with Narcolepsy. Anesth Analg 2018 Dec 11. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003954.
  18. Gupta K, Nagappa M, Prasad A, Abrahamyan L, Wong J, Weingarten TN, Chung F. Risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression in surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analyses. BMJ open 2018 Dec 1;8(12): e024086.
  19. Subramani Y, Nagappa M, Wong J, Mubashir T, Chung F. Preoperative Evaluation: Estimation of Pulmonary Risk Including Obstructive Sleep Apnea Impact. Anesthesiol Clin 2018; 36(4): 523-538.doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2018.07.004.
  20. Nagappa M, Wong DT, Cozowicz C, Ramachandran SK, Memtsoudis SG, Chung F. Is obstructive sleep apnea associated with difficult airway? Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective and retrospective cohort studies. PLoS One 2018;13(10). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204904.
  21. Nagappa M, Subramani Y, Chung F. Best perioperative practice in management of ambulatory patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Curr Opin Anesthesiol 2018;31(6):700-6. doi:10.1097/ACO.0000000000000661.
  22. Cozowicz C, Chung F, Doufas AG, Nagappa M, Memtsoudis SG. Opioids for acute pain management in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review. Anesth Analg 2018;127: 988-1001.
  23. Memtsoudis SG, Cozowicz C, Nagappa M, Wong J, Joshi GP, Wong DT, Doufas AG, Yilmaz M, Stein MH, Krajewski ML, Singh M, Pichler L, Ramachandran SK, Chung F. Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Guideline on Intraoperative Management of Adult Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Anesth Analg 2018 Jun 25. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003434. [Epub ahead of print].
  24. Hafeez KR, Tuteja A, Singh M, Wong DT, Nagappa M, Chung F, Wong J. Postoperative complications with neuromuscular blocking drugs and/or reversal agents in obstructive sleep apnea patients: A systematic review. BMC Anesthesiology 2018;18(1):91. doi.org/10.1186/s12871-018-0549-x.
  25. Wong DT, Ooi A, Singh KP, Dallaire A, Meliana V, Lau J, Chung F, Singh M, Wong J. Comparison of oropharyngeal leak pressure between the Ambu AuraGainTM and the LMA SupremeTM supraglottic airways: a randomized-controlled trial. Can J Anesth 2018 Mar 26. doi: 10.1007/s12630-018-1120-4.
  26. Wong, J, Raveendran R, Chuang J, Friedman Z, Singh M, Patras J, Wong D. Chung F. Utilizing patient E-learning in an intervention study on preoperative smoking cessation. Anesth Analg March 5, 2018. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002885.
  27. Roesslein M, Chung F. Obstructive sleep apnoea in adults: perioperative considerations. A narrative review. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2018; 35:1-11.

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Correspondence in Peer-Reviewed Journals Last Two Years [Link to top]

  1. Chan MTV, Chung F. Postoperative Vascular Complications in Unrecognized Obstructive Sleep Apnea(POSA) Study Investigators. Unrecognized Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients Undergoing Surgery-Reply. JAMA. 2019; 322(12): 1211-1212.
  2. Overdyk FJ, Dahan A, Chung F, Warner MA. (2019). Opioid-induced Ventilatory Depression in Sleep Apnea: Comment. Anesthesiology. 131(2): 936-937
  3. Nagappa M, Chung F. Letter to the Editor. Anesth Analg. 2018 Apr 17. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003383. [Epub ahead of print] In response.
  4. Subramani Y, Riad W, Chung F, Jean Wong J. In reply: Optimal propofol induction dose in morbidly obese patients: bispectral index guidance is not the answer. Can J Anesth https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1135-x.
  5. Lam EWK, Chung F, Wong J. In Response: Risk of Cognitive Impairment by Sleep-Disordered Breathing. Anesth Analg 2018; 126:369-70.
  6. Leong SM, Chung F, Wong DT. In reply: Apneic oxygenation: Let's all just take a deep breath. Can J Anaesth 2017 May 23. doi: 10.1007/s12630-017-0897-x. [Epub ahead of print].

Book Chapters Last Two Years [Link to top]

  1. Dellaire A, Singh M. Chapter 74. Anesthesia Issues in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In: Goudra BG, editor(s). Anesthesiology. 1st edition. (Switzerland): Springer Nature 2018. Pages 719-727. ISBN: 9783319747651.
  2. Singh M, Chung F. Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In: Trentman T, Weingarten T. editor(s). Faust Anesthesiology Review. 5th edition. (United States); Elsevier 2018.
  3. Wong J, Abrahamyan L, Chung F. Management of Ambulatory Patients with Sleep Apnea: Application of Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Guidelines. In: Burden A, Deutsch N, Torscher L, Wald S, eds. 2018 ASA Refresher Courses. Schaumburg, IL: American Society of Anesthesiologists, August, 2018.
  4. Olsen E, Chung F, Seet E. Surgical risk and the preoperative evaluation and management of adults with obstructive sleep apnea. In: Robert C Basner, editor(s). UpToDate. Waltham (United States); 2018.
  5. Olsen E, Chung F, Seet E. Intraoperative management of adults with obstructive sleep apnea. In: Robert C Basner, editor(s). UpToDate. Waltham (United States); 2018.
  6. Olsen E, Chung F, Seet E. Postoperative management of adults with obstructive sleep apnea. In: Robert C Basner, editor(s). UpToDate. Waltham (United States); 2018.
  7. Abdullah H, Chung F. Recovery and discharge for procedures conducted outside of the operating room. In: Richard D. Urman, Wendy L. Gross and Beverly K. Philip (Ed.), Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room. New York: Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, in press 2018.
  8. Seet E, Chung F. (2017) Preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative evaluation and management of sleep-disordered breathing. In: Chokroverty S. (eds) Sleep Disorders Medicine. Springer, New York, NY.

Abstracts Last Two Years [Link to top]

  1. Rabail Chaudhry, Colin Suen, Talha Mubashir, Jean Wong, Clodagh M. Ryan, Frances Chung. Mortality associated with post-operative complications in patients with sleep disordered breathing. American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting, Oct 2019, Orlando, Florida, F1066.
  2. Arnez K, Jablonka DH, Mahmoud MA., Mcclung H, Subramanyam R. Systematic review of pediatric preoperative screening of obstructive sleep apnea and anesthesia outcomes. Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Oct 2019, F2079.
  3. Abrishami A, Maximous R, Nanji K, Wong J, Orser B, Chung F. Interventions to reduce medication errors in anesthesia - a systematic review. Top 5 finalist for the Junior/Mid Career Research Competition, Perioperative Care Congress, November 1-3, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 743725.
  4. Lukachan G, Yadollahi A, Rehman N, McCluskey S, Bradley D, Chung F, Singh M. Describing the trends in neck, leg and total fluid volumes in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery in the perioperative period in surgical patients - A prospective cohort study. American Society of Anesthesiologists, October 17th 2019, Orlando, Florida.
  5. Kabir, M., Montazeri, N., Haffezi, M., Gavrilovic, B., Wong, J., Ryan, C., Chung, F., Yadollahi, A. higher morphine administration was associated with increased central sleep apnea episodes and more severe hypoxia during Sleep. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 Sep, 2019. Sleep Medicine A-1055-0019-00995.
  6. Suen C, Warsame K, Waseem R, Wong J, Chaudry R, Chung F. The association of CPAP compliance and nocturnal hypoxemia in the perioperative period. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 Sep, 2019. Sleep Medicine A-1055-0019-01215.
  7. Waseem R, Wong J, Chan M, Wang C Y, Seet E, Chung F. The validity of STOP-Bang questionnaire for obstructive sleep apnea in different racial groups. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 Sep, 2019. Sleep Medicine A-1055-0019-00615.
  8. Waseem R, Wong J, Ryan C, Lebovic G, Chung F. Using oximetry to predict sleep apnea in chronic pain patients taking opioids. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 Sep, 2019. Sleep Medicine A-1055-0019-01026.
  9. Wong J, Bellingham G, Ryan C, Lebovic G, Waseem R, Singh M, Chung F. Predicting central apnea index ?5 in chronic pain patients on opioids. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 Sept, 2019. Sleep Medicine A-1055-0019-01130.
  10. Mir S, Wong J, Waseem R, Ryan C, Eckert D, Bellingham G, Chung F. Concomitant benzodiazepine use with opioids decreases the risk of sleep apnea in chronic pain patients on opioid therapy" 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 Sept, 2019. Sleep Medicine, A-1055-0019-00979.
  11. Singh M, Hudson J, Chung F, Hasan N, Miller M, Jackson T, Wong DT, Wong J, Tomlinson G, Hawryluck L. Enhanced cardio-respiratory monitoring in the postoperative period reduces postoperative cardio-pulmonary complications in patients undergoing bariatric surgerg for oral presentation as part of the "Best of Abstracts: Clinical Science" at the Orange County Convention Center F2021. October 19, 2019.
  12. Wong J, Ryan C, Bellingham G, Lebovic G, Singh M, Chung F. A novel risk index for predicting sleep apnea in chronic pain patients. Anesth Analg F196. Montreal, Ontario, Canada, May 20, 2019.
  13. Singh M, Chung F, Wong J, Hassan N, Tomlinson G, Hudson J, Hawryluck L. Enhanced monitoring of hypoxemia and hypoventilation reduces postoperative cardio-pulmonary complications in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: A retrospective observational cohort study. Anesth Analg E141. Montreal, Ontario, Canada, May 19, 2019.
  14. Gartska M, Lam E, Ayob FA, Ho G, Chung F, Wong J. Systematic review of cognitive screening tests to predict postoperative delirium. Anesth Analg D166. Montreal, Ontario, Canada, May 18, 2019.
  15. Nagappa M, Wong J, Chung F, Mubashir T, Esfahanian N, Botros JM, Ryan C. Prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in chronic non-caner pain patients on opioid therapy: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Anesth Analg, D190. Montreal, Ontario, Canada, May 18, 2019.
  16. Chaudhry R, Lam E, Padnekar G, Mubashir T, Chung F, Wong J. Sleep disordered breathing as an independent risk factor for post-operative delirium in elective surgical procedures. Anesth Analg D187. Montreal, Ontario, Canada, May 18, 2019.
  17. Chaudhry R, Suen C, Mubashir T, Wong J, Ryan C, Chung F. Risk of major cardiovascular complications after elective surgery in patients with sleep disordered breathing. Anesth Analg. D186. Montreal, Ontario, Canada, May 18, 2019.
  18. Nagappa M, Wong D, Cozowicz C, Ramachandran S, Memtsoudis S, Chung F. Association between difficult airway and OSA in patients undergoing surgery: A Bayesian meta-analysis. Canadian Society of Anesthesiologist. June 2018; 420682.
  19. Mubashir T, Patra J, Abrahamyan L, Maynard A, Tang-Wai DF, Wong J, Chung F. Continuous positive pressure therapy improves depressive symptoms in elderly individuals with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Anesth Analg A 767. April 28, 2018, Chicago, Illinois.
  20. Chung F, Mestek M, Lichtenthal PR. Characterization of respiratory compromise and the potential clinical utility of capnography in the post-anesthesia care unit. American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco 2018. A4294.
  21. Posner K, Bolden N, Chung F, Domino KB. Preliminary results from the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) OSA registry. American Society of Anesthesiologist, San Francisco 2018. A: BOCO1.
  22. Mubashir T, Patra J, Wong J, Ryan C, Tang-Wai DF, Wong D, Chung F. Neurocognitive functioning following CPAP treatment in elderly patients with obstructive sleep apnea: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Anesth Analg. A676. April 28, 2018, Chicago, Illinois.
  23. Gupta K, Nagappa M, Prasad A, Abrahamyan L, Wong J, Weingarten T, Chung F. Risk factors for opioid induced respiratory depression in surgical patients: A systematic review and meta-analyses of prospective and retrospective studies. Anesth Analg. A1222. April 28, 2018, Chicago, Illinois.
  24. Suen C, Abrahamyan L, Wong J, Chung F. Sleep study parameters for predicting perioperative complications in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: A review. Anesth Analg. A982, April 30, 2018, Chicago, Illinois.
  25. Sadeghian E, Abrahamyan L, Chung F, Wong J. Sleep disturbance in surgical patients: contributing factors, prevention and management. Anesth Analg. A1298, April 30, 2018, Chicago, Illinois.
  26. Nagappa M, Wong D, Cozowicz C, Ramachandran SK, Memtsoudis SG, Chung F. Association between difficult airway and obstructive sleep apnea in patients undergoing surgery: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of prospective and retrospective cohort studies. Anesth Analg A684, April 30, 2018, Chicago, Illinois.
  27. Nagappa M, Borowiec S, Subramani Y, Chung F. Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea during pregnancy: A meta-analysis. Anesth Analg 1166, April 30 ,2018, Chicago, Illinois.
  28. Abrishami A, Correa J, Abrahamyan L, Wong J, Nanji K, Orser BA, Chung F. Medication errors in patients under general anesthesia - A systematic review. Anesth Analg 1134, 2018 Chicago, Illinois.
  29. Ayob F, Ho G, Lam E, El-Beheiry H, Chung F, Wong J. Pre-operative biomarkers and imaging tests as predictors of post-operative delirium in non-cardiac surgical patients. Perioperative Congress March 3, 2018, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  30. Dosman J, Karunanayake C, Pickett W, Rennie D, Lawson J, Fenton M, Chung F, Pahwa P. Suspected obstructive sleep apnea and risk of injuries among rural dwellers. American Thoracic Society, June 2018