STOP-Bang questionnaire should be used in all adults with Down Syndrome to screen for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea

• Anderson Albuquerque de Carvalho ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anderson Albuquerque de Carvalho, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz Santana, Francisco de Assis Rocha Neves

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: carvalhofisio2003@gmail.com

  Current address: Respiratory Department, Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

  Affiliations Department of Postgraduate Health Sciences, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, Respiratory Department, Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1256-7675

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• Fabio Ferreira Amorim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Postgraduate Health Sciences, Faculdade de Medicina e Enfermagem, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0929-5733

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• Levy Aniceto Santana ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Postgraduate Health Sciences, Faculdade de Medicina e Enfermagem, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7743-4892

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• Karlo Jozefo Quadros de Almeida ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Regional Board of Secondary Care Department, Down Syndrome Reference Center, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7468-9451

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• Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz Santana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anderson Albuquerque de Carvalho, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz Santana, Francisco de Assis Rocha Neves

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Respiratory Department, Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, Department of Postgraduate Health Sciences, Faculdade de Medicina e Enfermagem, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-9123

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• Francisco de Assis Rocha Neves

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anderson Albuquerque de Carvalho, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz Santana, Francisco de Assis Rocha Neves

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Postgraduate Health Sciences, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8584-3127

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