sleep/osa screening

[kstarm]

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I was looking at IASP recommendations for chronic pain measurements. They discuss sleep and suggest using STOP-BANG as part of a screening tool, especially if the patient is on opioids. How much screening are people doing around sleep? Are you asking primary to evaluate, or sending for sleep studies yourself if you are prescribing?

 

[Ducttape]

i have done both.

of course, 70% of my patients are Yes to 5,6, and 7...

 

[101N]

Recent data suggest a 'threshold dose' for CSA exacerbation @ 200MED.

 

[freddydpt]

I was looking at IASP recommendations for chronic pain measurements. They discuss sleep and suggest using STOP-BANG as part of a screening tool, especially if the patient is on opioids. How much screening are people doing around sleep? Are you asking primary to evaluate, or sending for sleep studies yourself if you are prescribing?




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I do this on all new evals and refer to sleep medicine if they have 3 or more risk factors. I would order the sleep study directly but organization doesn't let me.

 

[BobBarker]

I have started doing them. I think I have sent 4 and all 4 have needed night 02 2L/min. Sats like 78-82%. Not good. All of them were less than 35 bmi.