Cost Benefit and Utility Decision Analysis of Turbinoplasty with Adenotonsillectomy for Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing.

Objectives: Use decision analysis techniques to assess the potential utility gains/losses and costs of adding bilateral inferior turbinoplasty to tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy (T/A) for the treatment of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing (oSDB) in children. Use sensitivity analysis to explore the key variables in the scenario.

Study Design: Cost-utility decision analysis model.

The relationship of the uvula with snoring and obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review.

Currently, the relationship between uvula size and sleep-disordered breathing (snoring and obstructive sleep apnea) lacks data for objective interpretation. This study conducted a systematic review of the international literature for research describing the measurable characteristics of the uvula (i.e.

Comparison of Pediatric Intracapsular Tonsillectomy and Extracapsular Tonsillectomy: A Cost and Utility Decision Analysis.

Objectives To use decision analysis modeling to compare utility and cost outcomes of intracapsular tonsillectomy (ICT) and extracapsular tonsillectomy (ECT). To use sensitivity analysis to determine the most important factors influencing outcomes favoring one surgical method versus another. Study Design Decision analysis model.

How much does the type of tympanostomy tube matter? A utility-based Markov decision analysis.

Objectives: To use a utility-based Markov decision analysis model to compare outcomes of short-term grommet tympanostomy tubes (TTs), intermediate-type tubes, and permanent T-Tubes and to use a detailed sensitivity analysis to determine the most important factors influencing outcomes with one type of TT versus another.

Study Design: Markov decision analysis.

Setting: Hypothetical cohort.

Influence of neurobehavioral incentive valence and magnitude on alcohol drinking behavior.

The monetary incentive delay (MID) task is a widely used probe for isolating neural circuitry in the human brain associated with incentive motivation. In the present functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, 82 young adults, characterized along dimensions of impulsive sensation seeking, completed a MID task. fMRI and behavioral incentive functions were decomposed into incentive valence and magnitude parameters, which were used as predictors in linear regression to determine whether mesolimbic response is associated with problem drinking and recent alcohol use.