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The Official STOP-Bang Questionnaire was validated as a screening modality for OSAS in the preoperative setting.

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Sleep Apnea?

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) - this is the more common condition, where your throat and airway collapses during sleep, blocking air from reaching your lungs
  • Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) - this is a less common condition, where the brain center that controls breathing does not properly send signals to your respiratory muscle, causing pauses in breathing

Screening Tool

Is it possible that you have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)?

Use our screening tool and see: take the STOP-Bang questionnaire.

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