A suitable test for identifying high risk adult patients of moderate-severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

The aim of this study was the evaluation of the usefulness of a 7-items questionnaire, Rome Questionnaire (RQ), in identifying adult patients at risk of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). 136 adults (76 M, 60 F) with snoring were enrolled. Each patient underwent to an overnight polysomnography (PSG) study and the patient's bed partner answered the "RQ".

Septal cartilage graft for nasal valve incompetence associated with deviated septum.

Background: The nasal valve is one of the major factors contributing to nasal airflow obstruction. Physiologically, the nasal valve offers the greatest resistance to nasal airflow and generally functions as an inflow device controlling nasal airflow and resistance. Many patients who have complaints of breathing impairment are affected by alterations of the nasal septum, the turbinates, the columellar base, the vestibule floor, or the lateral wall of the nose but may have associated incompetence of the nasal valve, which is too often undervalued by nasal surgeons.

Nasal surgery and eustachian tube function: effects on middle ear ventilation.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of nasal obstruction surgery on eustachian tube function and middle ear ventilation.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome.

Treatment of benign positional vertigo in the elderly: a randomized trial.

Objectives/hypothesis: The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of three therapeutic strategies (Semont maneuver, flunarizine, and no treatment) in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Study Design: Randomized prospective trial.

Methods: One hundred fifty-six consecutive patients older than 60 years of age who were affected by benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal were enrolled.