Giannicola Iannella, Giuseppe Magliulo, Antonio Greco, Armando De Virgilio, Antonino Maniaci, Jerome R Lechien, Christian Calvo-Henriquez, Ahmed Yassin Bahgat, Manuele Casale, Rodolfo Lugo, Peter Baptista, Fabrizio Salamanca, Aurelio D'Ecclesia, Tiziano Perrone, Federico Leone, Angelo Cannavicci, Giovanni Cammaroto, Claudio Vicini, Annalisa Pace
OBJECTIVES: To investigate through an international survey the actual clinical application of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) in pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and to clarify the use, application, clinical indications, and protocol of pediatric DISE. METHODS: A specific survey about pediatric DISE was initially developed by five international otolaryngologists with expertise in pediatric sleep apnea and drug-induced sleep endoscopy and was later spread to experts in the field of sleep apnea, members of different OSA-related associations...
January 12, 2024: Children