Comparative performance of screening instruments for obstructive sleep apnea in morbidly obese patients referred to a sleep laboratory: a prospective cross-sectional study.

CONCLUSIONS: No-Apnea is a useful and practical tool for screening of OSA in morbidly obese patients, with non-inferior performance to STOP-Bang questionnaire and NoSAS score. PMID: 30734890 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30734890?dopt=Abstract

Source: Sleep and Breathing - February 8, 2019 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Duarte RLM, Mello FCQ, Magalhães-da-Silveira FJ, Oliveira-E-Sá TS, Rabahi MF, Gozal D Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research