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BACKGROUND: Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis (AR) are two chronic inflammatory dise...
Riaz, M; Certal, V; Nigam, G; Abdullatif, J; Zaghi, S; Kushida, CA; Camacho, MObjective. To quantify the effectiveness of nasal expiratory positive airway pressure (nasal EPAP) devices or Provent as treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods. PubMed and six other databases were searched through November 15, 2015, without language limitations. Results. Eighteen studies (920 patients) were included. Pre- and post-nasal EPAP means ± standard deviations (M ± SD) for apnea-hypopnea ...
Myofunctional Therapy to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and...
Camacho, M; Certal, V; Abdullatif, J; Zaghi, S; Ruoff, CM; Capasso, R; Kushida, CAOBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature for articles evaluating myofunctional therapy (MT) as treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children and adults and to perform a meta-analysis on the polysomnographic, snoring, and sleepiness data. DATA SOURCES: Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, and The Cochrane Library. REVIEW METHODS: The searches were performed through June 18, 2014. The Preferred Re...