High STOP-Bang score indicates a high probability of obstructive sleep apnoea

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 768-775

  Chung, F ^a   Subramanyam, R ^a   Liao, P ^a   Sasaki, E ^a   Shapiro, C ^a   Sun, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mass screening; Obstructive ep (epidemiology); Polysomnography; Prospective studies; Questionnaires; Sleep apnoea; Snoring di (diagnosis); Snoring ep (epidemiology)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOP BANG SCORE;

EID: 84859817228     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes022     Document Type: Article

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