Correlation of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale with respiratory sleep parameters in patients with sleep-related breathing disorders and upper airway pathology.

The aim of the study was to test whether a correlation between the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and respiratory sleep parameters recorded by polysomnography (PSG) in patients with sleep-related breathing disorders and upper airway pathology exists. The PSG records of 130 patients (average age 52.6 +/- 10.

First-night-effect on polysomnographic respiratory sleep parameters in patients with sleep-disordered breathing and upper airway pathology.

The objective of this study is to test whether there is a difference between the polysomnographic (PSG) values of Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), minimal oxygen saturation (SpO(2)), oxygen desaturation index (ODI) and arousal index recorded on two consecutive nights (so-called "first night effect") in patients with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and concomitant upper airway pathology. Retrospective case-control study of polysomnographical recordings of 130 patients (112 males, 18 females, age range 23-80 years) with SDB and upper airway pathology who were tested on two consecutive nights in a hospital sleep laboratory was conducted. Only patients with upper airway pathology without other medical conditions causing SDB were included.

Rhinophyma: diagnosis and treatment options for a disfiguring tumor of the nose.

Rhinophyma is a benign dermatologic disease of the nose affecting primarily Caucasian men in their fifth to seventh decades of life. It is characterized by a slowly progressive enlargement with irregular thickening of the nasal skin and nodular deformation. It is assumed to be the end stage of chronic acne rosacea.