Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

The level of caution is usually high in anesthesising patients with OSA and even more so when these patients undergo airway surgery. Posto...

Interesting to note that NPC in Europe has a very different profile and outcome from endemic Southeast Asia. For one there is a much higher...

Lowered risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and intake of plant vitamin, fresh fish, green tea and coffee: a case-control study in taiwan. Mor...

Generally drug therapy for OSA has had little evidence or pathophysiological leads for successful interventions. This study, albeit using th...

Who would've guessed someone would do such a study much less the fascinating results? It makes you think why Premies would be more at ri...

It's interesting that this article cites loss of data and loss to follow up as problems with portable monitoring vs full PSGs. My own in...

More encouraging data on the wavefront of studies on the CVS effects of CPAP therapy on OSA. Demonstrating an increase in nitric oxide an...

What's useful about this simple descriptive study is that it represents a closer-to-home Asian profile, and a stratification into 3 equa...

This is one good example of how children aren't just small adults and extrapolating our experience treating 'acid asthma' succes...

The Star highlighted the importance of head & neck cancers in Malaysia, though that paragraph about isn't very clear, it is to say t...

This is a fascinating study not just because it demonstrates the benefit of CPAP in reducing sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, and LDL, bu...

Our Minister of Health has taken cognizance of the serious health implications of OSA. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/1/8/...

Given the better outcomes of Stage III and IV NPC on CCRT, one wonders if the same radiosensitising effect would benefit the earlier stages....

An interesting study showing a high prevalence of OSA in children CNS tumor survivors. Rather remarkable is that while SDB is highly prevale...

It's good to see a study that validates what is widely held belief among ENT surgeons. While assessing the oropharyngeal airway ALONE is...