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STOP-Bang Questionnaire: A Predictor of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Difficult Mask/Intubation?

— Observational Difficult Intubation Airway Disease

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: STOP BANG.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Difficult Intubation, Airway Disease. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Turkey (Türkiye)
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Official title

Can the STOP-Bang Questionnaire Predict Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Difficult Mask/Intubation in Patients Scheduled for Thoracic Surgery? Prospective Observational Study

Overview

Difficult airway management remains the leading cause of anaesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a warning sign of difficult airway management. Polysomnography is the gold standard for diagnosis of this syndrome, but the STOP-BANG questionnaire is the preferred screening test. In this study, we wanted to find an answer to the question How successful is the STOP-BANG questionnaire in screening for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in predicting OSAS, difficult mask and difficult intubation in patients undergoing thoracic surgery?

Interventions

  • Other STOP BANG
    The STOP-Bang Questionnaire is intended to give physicians an easy-to-use tool to identify people who might have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The questionnaire consists of eight yes-or-no questions based on the major risk factors for OSA. A STOP-Bang score of 2 or less is considered low risk, and a score of 5 or more is high risk for having either moderate or severe OSA. For people who score 3 or 4, doctors may need to perform further assessment to determine how likely they are to have OSA.

Primary outcome measures

  • STOP-BANG questionnaire [Time frame: 1 month (1 time)]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient undergoing thoracic surgery
  • 18-65 years old
  • ASA 1-3

Exclusion criteria

  • Having a history of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome,
  • Having a history of previous head and neck surgery/radiotherapy,
  • Patients who did not agree to participate in the study

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Observational model
Cohort

Study locations

Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
  • Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital — Ankara

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06247631 · E-53610172-799-213190410

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗