SOS score: an optimized score to screen acute stroke patients for obstructive sleep apnea

MR Camilo, HH Sander, AL Eckeli, RMF Fernandes… - Sleep medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
… Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is frequent in acute stroke patients, and has been associated
… patients; we also compared these tools against a combined screening score (SOS score). …

Nasal surgery for snoring in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

HY Li, LA Lee, PC Wang, NH Chen, Y Lin… - The …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… The average magnitude of reduction in SOS scores after nasal surgery in this study was
46%. The significant difference in the changes of SOS scores (P < .001) indicate that palatal …

Correlation between nasal anatomy and objective obstructive sleep apnea severity

KP Leitzen, SE Brietzke… - … --Head and Neck Surgery, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… The 16 key variables included the 4 key outcome variables (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI],
NOSE score, SOS score, and ESS score), 5 primary demographic and confounding variables (…

Identifying obstructive sleep apnea after stroke/TIA: evaluating four simple screening tools

MI Boulos, A Wan, J Im, S Elias, F Frankul, M Atalla… - Sleep Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
… The SOS score was developed by Camilo et al. specifically in the stroke population and …
Nevertheless, we found that the SOS score was a comparatively less effective OSA screening …

The nasal obstruction symptom evaluation survey as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea

L Ishii, A Godoy, SL Ishman, CG Gourin… - … –Head & Neck Surgery, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
… For “snore,” this value was determined from question 1 of the SOS that … ” the SOS score was
considered yes, and for patients who answered “little or none of the time,” the SOS score was …

Validation of the snore outcomes survey for patients with sleep-disordered breathing

RE Gliklich, PC Wang - Archives of otolaryngology–head & neck …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
sleep apnea syndrome. While 2% to 4% of the middle-aged workforce are reportedly affected
by obstructive sleep apnea … for the total SOS score was 0.57, indicating that the SOS is …

A comparison of the long‐term outcome and effects of surgery or continuous positive airway pressure on patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

SW Lin, NH Chen, HY Li, TJ Fang, CC Huang… - The …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… The ESS and SOS scores in patients with OSAS receiving CPAP or surgery at baseline and
follow-up after 6 months and 3 years. * Denotes significant difference compared to baseline. …

Can nasal surgery improve obstructive sleep apnea: subjective or objective?

HY Li, LA Lee, PC Wang, TJ Fang… - American journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
… , snoring, and sleep apneas in adult patients with … Scores on the SOS and SBPS are
normalized on a scale ranging from 0 (worst) to 100 (best). A Mandarin Chinese version of the SOS

Predicting sleep apnea and excessive day sleepiness in the severely obese: indicators for polysomnography

JB Dixon, LM Schachter, PE O'Brien - Chest, 2003 - Elsevier
… associated with sleep apnea in these obese subjects with high scores occurring in both
those with and without sleep apnea. We have previously shown raised ESS scores in severely …

Critical appraisal and meta-analysis of nasal surgery for obstructive sleep apnea

HY Li, PC Wang, YP Chen, LA Lee… - American Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
… reported that SOS score improved less after nasal surgery in patients with larger tonsils than
in those with smaller tonsils (p = 0.01). A possible explanation is that large tonsils decrease …