The association between sleep apnea and young adults with hypertension.

Objectives/hypothesis: To study the association between sleep apnea and hypertension in a younger age group than previously studied, adding upper airway sizes at endoscopy as important compounding variables not often included in the past.

Study Design: Case control.

Methods: We analyzed data on sleep-disordered breathing (based on polysomnography tests), body mass index (BMI), neck circumference, upper airway endoscopy sizes, and habitus and health history in 120 hypertensive and 120 nonhypertensive participants in a clinic-based setting.

Patterns of intracranial hemorrhage in petrous temporal bone fracture.

Objective: To study the relationship pattern of intracranial hemorrhage in cases of traumatic petrous temporal bone fracture.

Methods: All head injury cases admitted to the Emergency Department, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Pahang, Malaysia in 2008 were assessed. Computerized tomography (CT) scan of the skull base was performed in indicated cases.