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The importance of the STOP- BANG questionnaire as a preoperative assessment tool for the elderly population.

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Qassamali, SR; Lagoo-Deenadayalan, S; McDonald, S; Morgan, B; Goode, V
Published in: Geriatr Nurs
2019

Undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may adversely impact surgical patients and can lead to increased morbidity and mortality during the perioperative period, especially among the geriatric patient population (Chung et al. 2008, 2012, 2014; McDonald et al., 2018; Zietlow et al., 2018; Singh et al., 2012). The setting of this quality improvement project was a preoperative anesthesia and geriatric evaluation clinic housed within a 957-bed tertiary academic affiliated hospital. The sample included 45 patients who met the criteria established for surgery and OSA screening preoperatively. Nine patients (20.0%) were assessed as low risk (Stop-bang [SB] score /= 3 indicative of high-risk for OSA. The retrospective utilization of a modified SB screening on charts that did not receive a clinical OSA evaluation (n = 52) detected 23 (44.2%) patients who were considered high-risk for OSA but were not identified prior to surgery. The SB questionnaire is underutilized, and patients' OSA is often unidentified prior to surgery.

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Geriatr Nurs

DOI

EISSN

1528-3984

Publication Date

2019

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

536 / 539

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Quality Improvement
  • Preoperative Period
  • Nursing
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Qassamali, S. R., Lagoo-Deenadayalan, S., McDonald, S., Morgan, B., & Goode, V. (2019). The importance of the STOP- BANG questionnaire as a preoperative assessment tool for the elderly population. Geriatr Nurs, 40(5), 536–539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.08.010
Qassamali, Sonia R., Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan, Shelley McDonald, Brett Morgan, and Victoria Goode. “The importance of the STOP- BANG questionnaire as a preoperative assessment tool for the elderly population.Geriatr Nurs 40, no. 5 (2019): 536–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.08.010.
Qassamali SR, Lagoo-Deenadayalan S, McDonald S, Morgan B, Goode V. The importance of the STOP- BANG questionnaire as a preoperative assessment tool for the elderly population. Geriatr Nurs. 2019;40(5):536–9.
Qassamali, Sonia R., et al. “The importance of the STOP- BANG questionnaire as a preoperative assessment tool for the elderly population.Geriatr Nurs, vol. 40, no. 5, 2019, pp. 536–39. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.08.010.
Qassamali SR, Lagoo-Deenadayalan S, McDonald S, Morgan B, Goode V. The importance of the STOP- BANG questionnaire as a preoperative assessment tool for the elderly population. Geriatr Nurs. 2019;40(5):536–539.
Journal cover image

Published In

Geriatr Nurs

DOI

EISSN

1528-3984

Publication Date

2019

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

536 / 539

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Quality Improvement
  • Preoperative Period
  • Nursing
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Humans