Snoring 2020 (AMW)
Snoring is of major importance to our patients and their families but is challenging to treat. The expert panelists will discuss the approach to the patient with snoring and treatment experience using medical and procedural modalities. To begin, snoring is easily recognized but is not…
Snoring 2021 (AMW)
Learning Objective: 1. Explain how to assess the snoring patient for treatment. 2. Compare various palatal and nasal procedures for snoring. 3. Recognize when to utilize alternative treatments for snoring, such as oral appliances and positioning aids. Faculty: Robson Capasso, MD(Consulting Fee: Invicta Medical…
Nasal Surgery for the Management of Pediatric Snoring and OSA (AMW)
Learning Objective: 1. Explain the basics of Narrative Medicine are applicable to clinicians and clinical situations. 2. Participants will have resources to participate in and lead reflective writing exercises. 3. Participants will understand how illness narratives differ from medical histories. Faculty: Cristina Baldassari, MD(Nothing…
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Polysomnography
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep related breathing disorder (SDB) characterized by snoring with intermittent episodes of upper airway collapse resulting in either hyponeic or apneic events. Unrecognized pediatric OSA may lead to physiologic effects such as pulmonary hypertension and, effects on quality of…
Controversies in Pediatric OSA 2021: Let’s Debate (AMW)
Learning Objective: 1. To understand common controversies in the management of pediatric OSA. Faculty: Norman Friedman, MD(Nothing to Disclose), Cristina Baldassari, MD(Nothing to Disclose), Derek Lam, MD, MPH(Nothing to Disclose), Erin Kirkham, MD, MPH(Consulting Fee: UpToDate).…
Addressing Controversies in Pediatric Sleep Endoscopy: A Review of the New AAO-HNSF Clinical Consensus Statement on DISE (AMW)
DISE is commonly performed as part of the evaluation for adults being considered for sleep surgery. There is a widely utilized standardized scoring system, and data is also emerging regarding improved outcomes in adult patients that have undergone DISE-directed sleep surgery. Only in more…
Pediatric DISE Controversies: Highlights of the AAO-HNSF Consensus Statement (AMW)
Learning Objective: 1. Explain how outcome is impacted by candidacy, surgical technique, and underlying developmental capacity of the child. 2. Discuss how the residual auditory and importantly vestibular function need to be considered. 3. Review how the inability to fuse binaural auditory images impacts outcome…
