Online information on mandibular advancement device for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: A content, quality and readability analysis.

Background: Despite increasing scientific interest in the effectiveness of mandibular advancement device (MAD) for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), laypeople lack knowledge about this treatment option.

Objectives: To investigate content, quality and readability of the online information regarding MAD.

Methods: Google, Yahoo and Bing were searched for 'sleep apnea', 'mandibular advancement device' and 'oral appliance'.

Diagnostic accuracy of screening questionnaires for obstructive sleep apnea in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of screening questionnaires for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Studies comparing any questionnaire with polysomnography for OSA detection in subjects aged ≤18 y were considered eligible for qualitative analysis. The quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies (QUADAS-2) tool was used for bias assessment.

Upper airway collapsibility in patients with OSA treated with continuous positive airway pressure: a retrospective preliminary study.

Study Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of mildly collapsible upper airways (defined by therapeutic continuous positive airway pressure [CPAP] values ≤ 8 cm H₂O) in moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea patients treated with CPAP and to determine their clinical, functional, and nocturnal polysomnographic characteristics.

Methods: Eighty-seven patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea consecutively treated with CPAP were retrospectively investigated. Two nocturnal home sleep portable monitoring studies were performed at baseline and during treatment.