… result in unnecessary referral to sleep clinics for … STOP-Bang scores and the predicted
probability of OSA specifically in surgical patients. We discovered that as the STOP-Bang scores …

… The STOP-Bang questionnaire is used to screen patients for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).
We evaluated the association between STOP-Bang scores and the probability of OSA. …

… Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder characterized by repetitive
episodes of apnea and hypopnea during sleep [1–3]. As patients with OSA were shown to have …

… We hypothesized that the summary score of the STOP-Bang model would correlate with
the severity of the AHI and that an enhanced analysis with the proportional odds logistic …

… that a STOP-Bang score ≥ 3 offers high sensitivity to detect sleep apnea and is an excellent
cutoff value for screening of OSA patients. The specificity of the STOP-Bang score could be …

… Diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is clinically … The STOP-Bang questionnaire is a
validated screening tool for OSA. … of STOP-Bang scoring model in predicting obstructive sleep …

… The distribution of subject STOP-BANG measured scores is … in the cohort had obstructive
sleep apnea, as defined by an apnea-… Although a higher STOP-BANG score in our study did …

… In conclusion, this study demonstrated that a high risk score for OSAS on the STOP-BANG
questionnaire is associated with an increased incidence of postoperative complications. Most …

… In that aspect, we found that the NPV for a STOP-Bang score ≥3 to detect severe OSA (AHI
≥30) in the general population was 94.8%, higher than what has been reported in the …

… of sleep apnea characterized by the AHI is useful in clinical management, we would argue
that the STOP-Bang … that the score can be used for making more reasoned clinical decisions. …