Utility of screening questionnaire, obesity, neck circumference, and sleep polysomnography to predict sleep‐disordered breathing in children and adolescents

ConclusionsWe developed a six‐question scale with good predictive utility for OSA. These findings may contribute to developing a preoperative clinical tool to help clinicians identify children with OSA for determining risk stratification and postoperative disposition.

Source: Pediatric Anesthesia - April 25, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Vidya T. Raman, Mark Splaingard, Dmitry Tumin, Julie Rice, Kris R. Jatana, Joseph D. Tobias Tags: Research Report Source Type: research