Cutoff points in STOP-Bang questionnaire for obstructive sleep apnea

ABSTRACT Background: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is a public health problem of high prevalence and impacts on quality of life, anesthetic complications and cardiovascular diseases. In view of the difficulty in accessing the polysomnography, it is necessary to validate other methods for...

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Main Authors: Jose Apolinário Silva NEVES JUNIOR, Ana Paula Andrade FERNANDES, Maria Angela TARDELLI, Américo Massafuni YAMASHITA, Sônia Maria Pereira Guimarães Togeiro MOURA, Sérgio TUFIK, Helga Cristina Almeida da SILVA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v78n9/1678-4227-anp-78-09-561.pdf