What's the relationship between sleep apnea & anesthesia.

A good friend of mine is planning on surgery with BTC/Michigan like I am. She found out after 2 sleep studies she has sleep apnea. She was told that one of the main reasons for diagnosing this (she's already approved for surgery) is that it's possible she could wake up during surgery if the sleep apnea isn't factored in to the anesthesia. What's the connection?

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