USPSTF recommends obesity screening for all patients
Tags: OBESITY; MEDICAL screening; DISEASES -- Risk factors; OVERWEIGHT persons; CHEMOTHERAPY; OBESITY -- Surgery
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- PREVALENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA IN PATIENTS SCHEDULED FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY AND VALIDATION OF THE STOP-BANG QUESTIONNAIRE AS A SCREENING TOOL. Kaiser, R.; Hammond, C.; Restrick, L.; Branley, H.; Lock, S.; Sufi, P.; Heath, D. // Thorax;Dec2011 Supplement, pA77
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