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ReviewWorld journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery2021

Alternatives to surgery in children with mild OSA.

David Gozal, Mahmoud Ismail, Pablo E Brockmann

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Review in World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David GozalDepartment of Child Health and Child Health Research Institute, and MU Women and Children's Hospital, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA.
Mahmoud IsmailDepartment of Neurology and Sleep Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA.
Pablo E BrockmannDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology and Pulmonology, Division of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precision medicine requires coordinated and integrated evidence-based combinatorial approaches so that diagnosis and treatment can be tailored to the individual patient. In this context, the treatment approach to mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is fraught with substantial debate as to what is mild OSA, and as to what constitutes appropriate treatment. As such, it is necessary to first establish a proposed consensus of what criteria need to be employed to reach the diagnosis of mild OSA, and then examine the circumstances under which treatment is indicated, and if so, whether and when anti-inflammatory therapy (AIT), rapid maxillary expansion (RME), and/or myofunctional therapy (MFT) may be indicated.

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AdenotonsillectomyAntiinflammatoryChildrenMyofunctional therapyObstructive sleep apneaRapid maxillary expansion

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PMID34430830
PMCPMC8356096

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