Sleep disordered breathing 4

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: D. Eckert (Sydney, Australia), P. Cistulli (St. Leonards, Australia), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany), S. Ryan (Dublin, Ireland)

LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Does a relationship exist between mean platelet volume and left ventricular function in children with Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome? A. Sakellaropoulou, A. Giannopoulos, K. Haidopoulou, M. Emporiadou, M. Hatzistilianou (Thessaloniki, Greece)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Adaptive servo-ventilation in Central Sleep Apnea. Ambulatory nocturnal pulse oximetry, a simplified method for monitoring outpatient? S. Juarros Martínez, E. Macías Fernandez, M. Villaverde de Lucas, M. del Olmo Chiches, I. Muñoz Diez, M. F. Muñoz Moreno, D. Vielba Dueñas, A. Herrero Pérez, V. Roig Figueroa, I. Ramos Cancelo, C. Disdier Vicente (Valladolid, Spain)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Factors related to apnea in bariatric surgery patients using home sleep study L. Grohs, L. Simonaggio (Caxias do Sul, Passo Fundo, Brazil)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Sleep quality in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and its relationship with general well being K. SHARMA, T. CHOYAL, R. PANDEY (JAIPUR, India)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: The influence of CPAP-therapy on system inflamation activity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea A. Markin, Y. Shoykhet, I. Tseimakh (Barnaul, Russian Federation)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Heart rate variability (HRV) in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) and its response to a 3-month continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy P. Nastałek, W. Skucha, A. Kania, F. Mejza, E. Niżankowska-Mogilnicka, K. Sładek, G. Y. Bochenek (Kraków, Proszowice, Poland)
Prediction of therapeutic effectiveness of nocturnal oxygen supplementation in Cheyne-Stokes breathing M. Hubatsch (Löwenstein, Germany)
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a population of apneic patients:A prospective study with cardiovascular risk estimation R. Ben Jazia, H. Ben Salem, I. Gargouri, S. Aissa, A. Garrouche, A. Hayouni, M. Benzarti, M. Boussarsar, A. Abdelghani (Sousse, Tunisia)
The Epworth sleepiness scale 23 years after: Is daytime sleepiness still a valid screening tool for sleep apnea H. Puretic, D. Plavec, G. Pavlisa, E. Zuljevic, M. Samarzija, M. Jakopovic (Zagreb, Croatia)
Hemodynamic response on sleep disordered breathing in obese subjects during N2 stage D. Grencho, R. Staats, D. Fernandes, S. Moreira, P. Pinto, A. Almeida, J. Valença (Lisboa, Portugal)
Relationship of arterial hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome D. A. Todea, L. E. Rosca, A. C. Coman (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
A case series of CPAP therapy – Who declines treatment? S. Hobbins, A. Mohamed, M. Lang, N. Nathani (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Daytime oxygen delivery predicts its success during nocturnal supplementation in Cheyne-Stokes breathing M. Hubatsch (Löwenstein, Germany)
Predictive value of Berlin questionnaire and STOP Bang for obstructive sleep apnea M. Aguiar, I. Alves, A. Campos, S. Rodrigues, A. Bugalho, S. Furtado (Loures, Portugal)
Autoregulation versus defaecation: An unusual side effect of CPAP H. Stone, F. Fazal, H. Moudgil, N. Ahmad, T. Naicker, K. Srinivasan (Telford, United Kingdom)
Sensitivity and specificity of neck circumference in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome C. Ardelean, D. Dimitriu, S. Frent, I. Marincu, D. Lighezan, S. Mihaicuta (Timisoara, Romania)
Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in men and women with stable angiographically-confirmed coronary artery disease. Is Berlin questionnaire the appropriate screening tool? S. Steiropoulos, E. Nena, M. Saroglou, M. Xanthoudaki, S. Tryfon, T. C. Constantinidis, D. Bouros, P. Steiropoulos (Alexandroupolis, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Differences in prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) between male and female patients with moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea. The definition is certainly an important factor M. Xanthoudaki, P. Steiropoulos, E. Nena, M. Antoniadou, M. Manidou, S. Anevlavis, M. Froudarakis, G. Kolios, D. Bouros (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Relationship between road accidents with sleep apnea and sleep quality among truck drivers in Iran A. Mozafari, N. Zand, S. A. Abyar Hoseini, S. Mohebi, R. Gholabchi Fard, A. Rasouli, M. Ghare Beiglo, S. Hatami (Qom, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Sleep disturbances among medical students at clinical years M. Alsaggaf, S. Wali, M. Alsager, A. Bakhsh, R. Alkhammash, E. Quqandi (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)