BASET scoring: A novel simple biometric score for screening and grading obstructive sleep apnea.

Background: Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold-standard diagnostic tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). However, the availability of PSG is limited, and OSA is widely underdiagnosed; more than 80% of most developed nations undiagnosed. There is no diagnostic validated simple tool with clear cutoff point for predicting and roll out patient with OSA in primary care clinics significantly alters clinical outcomes.

Clinical epidemiology comparison of H1N1 RT-PCR-positive and RT-PCR-negative pneumonia during the 2009-2010 pandemic in Mansoura University hospitals, Egypt.

Background: Worldwide, the infectivity and disease burden of the H1N1 pandemic were overestimated because of limited clinical experience concerning patient presentation and outcome of those infected with the novel H1N1 virus.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the epidemiologic clinical data among H1N1 RT-PCR-positive and RT-PCR-negative pneumonic patients during the 2009-2010 pandemic in Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt.

Methods: A record-based, case-control study was conducted for 43 adult patients admitted to the chest department isolation unit with community-acquired pneumonia during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic after reviewing of 198 suspected and confirmed H1N1 hospitalized cases.