NCT06247631

STOP-Bang Questionnaire: A Predictor of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Difficult Mask/Intubation?

Can the STOP-Bang Questionnaire Predict Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Difficult Mask/Intubation in Patients Scheduled for Thoracic Surgery? Prospective Observational Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 125 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Difficult airway management remains the leading cause of anaesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a warning sign of difficult airway management. Polysomnography is the gold standard for diagnosis of this syndrome, but the STOP-BANG questionnaire is the preferred screening test. In this study, we wanted to find an answer to the question How successful is the STOP-BANG questionnaire in screening for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in predicting OSAS, difficult mask and difficult intubation in patients undergoing thoracic surgery?

Conditions

• Difficult Intubation
• Airway Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	STOP BANG	The STOP-Bang Questionnaire is intended to give physicians an easy-to-use tool to identify people who might have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The questionnaire consists of eight yes-or-no questions based on the major risk factors for OSA. A STOP-Bang score of 2 or less is considered low risk, and a score of 5 or more is high risk for having either moderate or severe OSA. For people who score 3 or 4, doctors may need to perform further assessment to determine how likely they are to have OSA.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-10
• Primary completion: 2025-12-10
• Completion: 2026-07-10
• First posted: 2024-02-08
• Last updated: 2025-01-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)