RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Pre-operative screening for obstructive sleep apnoea JF European Respiratory Review JO EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW FD European Respiratory Society SP 160012 DO 10.1183/16000617.0012-2016 VO 26 IS 143 A1 Verbraecken, Johan A1 Hedner, Jan A1 Penzel, Thomas YR 2017 UL http://err.ersjournals.com/content/26/143/160012.abstract AB Sleep disordered breathing, especially obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), has a high and increasing prevalence. Depending on the apnoea and hypopnoea scoring criteria used, and depending on the sex and age of the subjects investigated, prevalence varies between 3% and 49% of the general population. These varying prevalences need to be reflected when considering screening for OSA. OSA is a cardiovascular risk factor and patients are at risk when undergoing medical interventions such as surgery. Screening for OSA before anaesthesia and surgical interventions is increasingly considered. Therefore, methods for screening and the rationale for screening for OSA are reviewed in this study.Screening of patients with simple questionnaires and sleep tests will identify OSA prior to surgery http://ow.ly/4GZl300mXsh