[FSS and SAS].

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) have a morphological and functional abnormality of the upper respiratory tract, and the obesity of these patients is the main cause for OSAS. Obese patients with OSAS are closely associated with life-style related diseases and metabolic syndromes. The circulatory system is most strongly influenced by OSAS and hypertension, cerebrovascular disease and cardiovascular disease are the prime complications of OSAS.

[Home oxygen therapy (HOT) in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis sequelae--comparison between patients medically treated and those surgically treated].

In Japan there are about 40,000 patients under home oxygen therapy (HOT), of whom about 30 to 40% are pulmonary tuberculosis sequelae (TBS). These patients can be divided into three groups depending on the treatments they had, Group 1: those who had medical treatments only, Group 2: those who had artificial pneumothorax, and Group 3: those who had thoracoplasties or other surgical treatments. The purpose of this study was to observe the distributions and possible differences in the survival rates among these groups.