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This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to evaluate the utilization of the STOP-BANG questionnaire (SBQ) to screen patients for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a pre-operative clinic. Studies outside the United States show a greater risk for OSA among Asian ethnicity; thus, this project also aimed to describe the SBQ scores of a subset of Asian Americans (AAs) not referred for a sleep study and determine the number of potential referrals if the body mass index (BMI) threshold of their SBQ scores is modified. Screening of OSA using the SBQ in a pre-operative clinic effectively identified patients at high risk for sleep apnea. Attention to BMI thresholds would increase the identification of sleep apnea in this vulnerable population.
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