Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and CareISSN: 2325-9639

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Deborah L. Ruzicka Author

deborahruzicka@sydney.edu.au

Subjects of specialization
Sleep Medicine, Neurology

Affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Health System, East Medical Center Drive, USA.

Biography

Dr. Deborah L. Ruzicka is working at Sleep Disorders Center and Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI in USA. Recently, she published a research article on Validation of the STOPBANG Questionnaire among Patients Referred for Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the journal of Sleep Disorders : Treatment and Care.

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Validation of the STOPBANG Questionnaire among Patients Referred for Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Author(s):

Grace Boynton, Arshia Vahabzadeh, Sami Hammoud, Deborah L. Ruzicka and Ronald D. Chervin

Validation of the STOPBANG Questionnaire among Patients Referred for Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Background: The STOP-BANG is a simple obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening tool, part questionnaire (STOP) and part demographic or physical measures (BANG), developed for use in preoperative surgical clinics. This study assessed sensitivity and specificity of the instrument among patients referred to a sleep disorders laboratory, and also its performance characteristics when BANG physical measures are pa... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000121

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