Annual Congress Stockholm 2007

Saturday, 15.09.2007
Sunday, 16.09.2007
Monday, 17.09.2007
Tuesday, 18.09.2007
Wednesday, 19.09.2007

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, abstract number.

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4066 Abstracts
635 Slide presentations
310 Webcasts
98 Handouts
1992 e-posters
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Socioepidemiological and gender-related aspects of sleep apnoea

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: Y. Peker (Skovde, Sweden), A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria)

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Obstructive sleep apnea is a risk factor for death in stroke patients – a 10-year follow-up C. Sahlin, O. Sandberg, Y. Gustafsson, G. Bucht, B. Carlberg, H. Stenlund, K. A. Franklin (Umea, Sweden)
Obstructive sleep apnea in shift workers M. Paciorek, K. Byskiniewicz, P. Bielicki, J. Zielinski, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
Comparative study of daytime sleepiness of call center employees and regular office workers C. Palabay, M. Jorge II (Manila, Philippines)
Effect of snoring on intima-medial thickness: the Korean genome epidemiology study J. Kim, H. Yi, J. Kim, K. Jung, C. Shin (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
A questionnaire survey of commercial bus drivers on sleeping habits, snoring, daytime sleepiness and sleep apnea A. Akkaya, O. Ozturk, U. Sahin, O. Kilic, Z. Cinar (Isparta, Turkey)
Resources and delays in the diagnosis of sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome E. Garcia, F. Masa, F. Barbe, F. Capote, E. Chiner, J. Diaz, J. Duran, S. Lopez, J. M. Marin, J. M. Montserrat, M. Rubio, J. Teran, C. Zamarron (Caceres, Lerida, Sevilla, Alicante, Madrid, Vitoria, Granada, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Burgos, Santiago de Compost
Knowledge and attitude of physicians and nurses about sleep apnea disorder A. Alavi, K. Forghanparast, H. Sarshad (Rasht, Guilan, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Sleep apnea syndrome in a referral population in Greece; influence of social factors N. Charokopos, M. Leotsinidis, K. Karkoulias, M. Tsiamita, K. Spiropoulos (Patras, Greece)
Daytime sleepiness among hospital nurses and physicians and its association with snoring S. F. Hussain, M. H. Rahbar, M. Islam (Kettering, United Kingdom; East Lansing, MI, United States Of America; Karachi, Pakistan)
Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAS) in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: prevalence and benefits of weight reduction A. Fortuna, N. Salord, A. Perez, R. Miralda, A. Farre, A. Caliz, M. Mayos, M. Carreras (Barcelona, Spain)
Co-morbidities, gender and sleep-disordered breathing U. Anttalainen, T. Saaresranta, T. Vahlberg, O. Polo (Turku, Tampere, Finland)
Is the clinical presentation different between men and women admitted to the sleep laboratory? N. Dursunoglu, S. Ozkurt, S. Baser, O. Delen, S. Sarikaya (Denizli, Turkey)
Gender difference on polysomnographic parameters of severely obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome B. Gulbay, N. Tarakci, Z. Ersoy, P. Onen, T. Acican (Ankara, Turkey)
Apnea hypopnea syndrome in women. 10 years‘ experience (1995-2006) J. Jareno, I. Granda, E. Arias, F. Villegas, V. Gallego, F. Roig, C. Gutierrez, J. M. M Albiach (Madrid, Spain)
High prevalence of hypothyroidism among women with severe OSAS J. Garvey, G. Nolan, C. Cunningham, W. McNicholas (Dublin, Ireland)
Prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in obstructive sleep apnea patients (OSA). Preliminary results C. Rabec, A. Jibbaoui, O. Reybet Degat, P. Bonniaud, M. Georges, F. Massin, P. Camus (Dijon, France)
Prevalence of stroke in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients P. Bielen, R. Plywaczewski, M. Bednarek, L. Jonczak, D. Gorecka, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)