Translation and cultural adaptation of the Sleep Apnea Clinical Score for use in Brazil

摘要

In an article published in the Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Lapas et al.1 translated the Sleep Apnea Clinical Score (SACS) into Brazilian Portuguese, adapting it to the cultural context and validating it for use as a method of screening for polysomnography in Brazil, and concluded that this tool can be used to assess the risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in individuals in the country.1