Annual Congress Vienna 2012

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, abstract number.

Oral Presentation
Chairs: J. Makonga-Braaksma (Woudenberg, Netherlands), W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)

The Epworth sleepiness score should not be used to screen out patients with suspected sleep-breathing disorders A.H. Kendrick, S. Neale (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Clinical audit of the Quebec Sleep Questionnaire in a routine sleep apnoea service J. Stockley, T. McCauley, L. O‘Reilly, J. Hunt, B. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Sleep-breathing disorders (SBD) – Sleepiness, fatigue, quality of life (QoL) and depression A.H. Kendrick, S. Neale (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Inter-device variation in dual oximetry for polysomnography P. Jamieson, P. Burns (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Screening for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in patients attending a hypertension clinic with features of the metabolic syndrome P. Coss, F. O‘Connell, M. Agnew, P. Goodman (Dublin, Ireland)
Pulse oximetry to assess sleep disordered breathing (SDB) A.H. Kendrick, S. Neale (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Forensic oximetry: Is it possible to confirm that the same patient has worn an oximeter on 2 nights? L. O‘Reilly, J. Savage, C. O‘Sullivan, B. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Chest wall mechanics during induction of anesthesia I. Milesi, E. Zannin, P. Kostic, C. Veneroni, A. Pedotti, R. Dellacà, P. Frykholm (Milan, Italy; Uppsala, Sweden)