STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to (1) explore the incidence of @entity299 ( @entity299 ) and STOP-Bang questionnaire responses consistent with @entity27 ( @entity27 ) and (2) assess the relationship between @entity1 with STOP-Bang questionnaire responses consistent with @entity27 and echocardiographic findings suggestive of @entity299 . DESIGN: Observational study. SETTING: Tertiary academic center preoperative clinic. @entity1 : Two hundred @entity1 presenting for elective surgery to the University of Utah preoperative clinic. INTERVENTION: Abbreviated transthoracic right-sided echocardiogram and STOP-Bang questionnaire. MEASUREMENTS: Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, tissue Doppler-derived tricuspid lateral annular systolic velocity (S'), and the tricuspid inflow E wave to tricuspid annular tissue Doppler e' wave ratio (E/e') for the presence of @entity299 , as well as responses to STOP-Bang questionnaire. MAIN RESULTS: A total of 140 echocardiograms were analyzed after exclusion of @entity1 with incomplete STOP-Bang questionnaires and inadequate images. Thirty-five @entity1 (25%) reported 5 or more positive responses to the STOP-Bang questionnaire. Forty-six @entity1 (35%) had abnormal right-sided heart measurements. Of the 35 @entity1 with STOP-Bang scores 5 or greater, 11 (31%) had evidence of @entity299 . No correlation was observed between STOP-Bang scores and the echocardiography metrics of @entity299 . CONCLUSIONS: This preliminary study suggests that there are numerous sources of @entity299 , among one of which is sleep @entity386 , and/or the STOP-Bang questionnaire is not a sensitive tool for predicting @entity299 . We conclude that although the STOP-Bang questionnaire is easy to implement in a preoperative clinical setting, it is not useful in identifying @entity1 at risk for @entity299 .

Abbreviated right-sided heart echocardiogram and the STOP-Bang questionnaire-a useful relationship for preoperative XXXX evaluation?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity27 :: ('MESH:D020181', 'Disease') :: ['obstructive sleep apnea', 'OSA'] @entity386 :: ('MESH:D001049', 'Disease') :: ['apnea'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['RHD', 'right-sided heart dysfunction']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patient']
