STOP-BANG Perioperative OSA Risk – Arun Anaesthesia Academy

STOP-BANG Risk Assessment

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STOP-BANG Questionnaire

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Clinical Context

Dr. Arun Chandran Nhattuvalappil

Specialist Anaesthesiologist

Amina Hospital, Ajman, UAE

Founder, Arun Anaesthesia Academy

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This tool is an educational clinical decision-support aid and does not establish a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea or replace clinical assessment, institutional protocols, specialist consultation, or clinician judgement. Additional investigations and postoperative monitoring should be individualised according to the patient's comorbidities, symptoms, surgical procedure, anaesthetic technique and expected analgesic requirements.

References

Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC). Perioperative Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Adults, 2025

Chung F, Abdullah HR, Liao P. STOP-Bang questionnaire: a practical approach. Chest 2016;149:631–8

American Society of Anesthesiologists. Practice Guidelines for OSA. Anesthesiology 2014;120:268–86

Chung F et al. STOP questionnaire: a tool to screen patients for OSA. Anesthesiology 2008;108:812–21

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