Diagnosis of sleep related breathing disorders

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. Levy (Grenoble, France), K. Van Kralingen (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Knowledge-based automatic sleep stage recognition for the diagnosis of sleep disorders M. Schwaibold, R. Harms, B. Schöller, I. Pinnow, W. Cassel, T. Penzel, H. F. Becker, A. Bolz (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Autonomic arousals as markers for respiratory disturbed sleep B. van Son, Y. Xiao, A. Kumar, W. F. Hofman (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Beijing, China)
Influence of the definition of arousal in the number of RERAs J. F. Masa, J. Corral, G. Julian, M. Rubio, M. J. Martin, A. Sojo, J. A. Riesco (Caceres, Spain)
Obstructive sleep apnea in edentulous subjects C. B. Bucca, S. Carossa, L. Brussino, G. Guastamacchia, U. Magliola, G. Rolla, A. Cicolin (Turin, Italy)
Spectral analysis and detrended fluctuation analysis on heart rate variability recognises sleep stages and sleep apnea T. Penzel, J. W. Kantelhardt, A. Bunde, V. Gross, K. Kesper, H. F. Becker, C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Giessen, Germany)
Comparison of epworth sleepiness scale scores in patients with sleep apnea and their bedpartner's and its relationship with polysomnographic variables A. Cilli, A. Yakisan, T. Ozdemir, O. Ozbudak, C. Ogus (Antalya, Turkey)
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Value of cardiovascular markers (CM) to detect arousals J. Haba, J. G. Frey, G. Darbellay, J. M. Tschopp (Montana, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Thoracoabdominal asynchrony as an objective measure of respiratory disturbances during sleep W. F. Hofman (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
The factors that affect the sleep efficiency of the patients in the polisomnography night T. Ulukavak Ciftci, O. Kokturk (Ankara, Turkey)
A new index in the definition of the severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS): apnoea-hypopnoea duration index (AHDI) O. Kokturk, T. Ulukavak Ciftci (Ankara, Turkey)
Symptoms and symptoms bother in sleep apnoea T. Azher, D. Waldron, E. Mannion, J. J. Gilmartin (Galway, Ireland)
Interpretation approaches for nocturnal oximetry in sleep apnoea syndrome E. Dibur, C. W. Gallego, J. M. Leston, A. M. Gamberale (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Simplified self-adjusted split night procedure for managing OSA patients. Preliminary results O. Reybet-Degat, C. Rabec, M. Merati, F. Massin, N. Baudouin, P. Camus (Dijon, France)
Classification of snore types based on snore vibrations W. F. Hofman, C. Lijzenga, A. Kumar (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Comparison of respiratory and sleep parameters in adults with 4 levels of sleep related breathing disorders V. Donic, Z. Tomori, V. Donicova (Kosice, Slovakia)
The different apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) calculated according to different hypopnea definitions and their relation with the oxygen desaturation and major symptoms T. Ulukavak Ciftci, O. Kokturk, S. Ozkan (Ankara, Turkey)
The obesity-hypoventilation syndrome. A study of 62 consecutive cases R. Kessler, C. Iamandi, A. Chaouat, A. S. Bugnet, E. Weitzenblum (Strasbourg, France)
The correlation between sleepiness, disease-specific quality of life and the prevalence of sleep related disorder in patients with congestive heart failure S. L. Montalvan Dobmayr, G. Gloger, G. Riegger, F. C. Blumberg, M. Pfeifer (Regensburg, Germany)
Effect of the increment of oxygen flow during sleep on COPD patients undergoing LTOT J. Tarrega, A. Anton, M. Mayos, S. Marti, E. Prats, X. Muñoz, E. Farrero, R. Güell (Barcelona, Spain)
Daytime hypercapnia in patients with OSAHS J. Nikolopoulos, M. Daganou, K. Tzagkaraki, A. Sakellaropoulos, A. Paridou, A. Rasidakis (Athens, Greece)