OBJECTIVE To validate the Malay version of Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) as a tool to screen for patients at risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in primary care. BACKGROUND Most patients with OSA are unrecognised and untreated. Thus, the BQ has been used as a tool to screen for patients at risk for OSA. However, this tool has not been validated in Malay version. MATERIALS AND METHODS A parall...

Moderately accurate, depending on which tool you use. Questionnaires, physical examination, and clinical prediction rules estimate the pretest probability of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), but are not specific enough to make the diagnosis. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale is a reliable measure of daytime sleepiness. The Berlin Questionnaire, Mallampati score, and truncal obesity...

OBJECTIVE To validate the utilities of Berlin, STOP and STOP-BANG Questionnaires, other patient characteristics, comorbidities, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) and blood markers for the prediction of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) on limited polygraphy. SETTING North Glasgow Sleep Service (a tertiary referral centre). PARTICIPANTS 129 consecutive pat...

acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards) is a complex disorder of heterogeneous etiologies characterized by a consistent, recognizable pattern of lung injury and a potentially devastating form of acute inflammatory lung injury with a high short-term mortality rate and significant long-term consequences among survivors. recently, the new definition of ards has been published, and this definiti...

Forming, storming, norming and performing [1] – a well-known phase-modulation model of team building is probably reliable to describe the changeful relationship of Berlin Cultural and Berlin Digital in the Melting Pot of the metropolis. The pretty, shy bride awkwardly meets a nerdy, hyperactive groom when after the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th, 1989, the wedding looms on the horizon:...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Obstructive sleep apnea is becoming more important in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients. This study investigated the prevalence of high risk for obstructive sleep apnea in GERD patients in comparison with that in healthy controls using the Berlin Questionnaire. We also investigated the risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea in GERD patients. METHODS We enrolled...

Model-aided radiometric determination of photolysis frequencies in a sunlit atmosphere simulation chamber B. Bohn and H. Zilken Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre II: Troposphäre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany Zentralinstitut für Angewandte Mathematik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany Received: 3 September 2004 – Accepted: 15 October 2004 – Published:...

ROVERS: AN OVERVIEW. R. V. Morris, G. Klingelhöfer, D. W. Ming, C. Schröder, D. Rodionov, A. Yen, R. Gellert, and the Athena Science Team. ARES, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058 ([email protected]). Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute o...

Heterogeneous conversion of NO2 on secondary organic aerosol surfaces: A possible source of nitrous acid (HONO) in the atmosphere? R. Bröske, J. Kleffmann, and P. Wiesen Physikalische Chemie/FB 9, Bergische Universität – Gesamthochschule Wuppertal (BUGHW), D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany Received: 18 November 2002 – Accepted: 6 January 2003 – Published: 7 February 2003 Correspondence to: J. Kleffman...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of sleep complaints in adults in Colombia at different altitudes. DESIGN Cross-sectional, population-based and observational study. SETTING Urban areas in three cities (Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Santa Marta) located between 15 and 2640 masl. Subjects Over 18 years old. INTERVENTIONS Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQ...