Low specificity needs to be considered when STOP-Bang or Mallampati score are used to identify patients at risk for sleep apnea

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Frank G Dette et al. Minerva Anestesiol. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;82(8):915-6.

Epub 2016 Apr 13.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany - Frank.Dette@web.de.

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Combination of STOP-Bang Score with Mallampati Score fails to improve specificity in the prediction of sleep-disordered breathing.
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