Published in Blood Weekly, June 12th, 2008
"This study was conducted to develop and validate a concise and easy-to-use questionnaire for OSA screening in surgical patients. After hospital ethics approval, preoperative patients aged 18 yr or older and without previously diagnosed OSA were recruited. After a factor analysis, reliability check, and pilot study; four yes/no questions were used to develop this screening tool. The four questions were respectively related to snoring, tiredness during...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-06-12)
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