Preoperative Stop-Bang Questionnaire and Other Difficult Airway Determinants in Prediction and Correlation of Difficult Airway
1Revathi Ashok, 2Suresh Kumar NIntroduction : The most common cause of anesthesia-related morbidity and mortality till date is difficult airway management. Difficult airways are strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and OSA syndrome (OSAS). Patients with OSA who are anesthetized have a higher risk of problems because of anatomical and physiological alterations in their upper airway. The STOP-Bang Questionnaire is a simple, self-reporting screening tool that consists of four subjective (STOP: Snoring, Tiredness, Observed apnea, and high Blood pressure) and four demographic(BANG: BMI, Age, Neck circumference, Gender) items.