Originally published by our sister publication, Pain Medicine News.
A simple, two-step screening method can detect risk for moderate to severe sleep apnea in patients taking opioids for chronic pain, with a sensitivity of 81.3% and a specificity of 65.5%, according to a poster presented at the 2020 annual pain medicine meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (abstract 1348).
The first step of the screening consists of the STOP-Bang questionnaire and daytime