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Published in: Obesity Surgery 1/2019

01-01-2019 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Regarding The Evaluation of Screening Questionnaires for Obstructive Sleep Apnea to Identify High-Risk Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Author: Mark Friel

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 1/2019

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Excerpt

I have read with interest the article published detailing the usefulness of screening questionnaires to detect obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in bariatric surgery patients [1]. The data collection and results add to the literature suggesting that clinically significant OSA is both underdiagnosed in bariatric patients and that screening questionnaires lack sensitivity and specificity in this population; however, I found that the conclusion was a missed opportunity to advocate for integrating formal preoperative sleep studies for all bariatric surgical patients. …
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Metadata
Title
Letter to the Editor: Regarding The Evaluation of Screening Questionnaires for Obstructive Sleep Apnea to Identify High-Risk Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Author
Mark Friel
Publication date
01-01-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3547-7

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