Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Diverse Bariatric Surgery Population.

CONCLUSIONS: STOP-BANG and NO-OSAS may be preferable to No-Apnea and ESS when screening bariatric surgery patients for moderate to severe OSA. Efforts to screen bariatric patients for OSA are recommended.
PMID: 33150742 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Obesity - November 1, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Kreitinger KY, Lui MMS, Owens RL, Schmickl CN, Grunvald E, Horgan S, Raphelson JR, Malhotra A Tags: Obesity (Silver Spring) Source Type: research