Is portable monitoring for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome suitable in elderly population?
PM was effective for diagnosing OSAS in the elderly and can be used as an alternative to PSG in elderly patients with a high clinical probability of OSAS.
A multiplex immunoassay for inflammatory factors yielded significantly different results than singleplex immunoassays-including those from the same company. Correlations were not consistently high, except among assays from the same company. Such differences may distort epidemiologic relationships if data from both methods are merged.