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Refika Ersu, ATS 2018 – Management of children with obstructive sleep apnea

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Published Online: Jun 5th 2018

Refika Ersu (Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey) is a valued member of our Editorial Board for European Respiratory & Pulmonary Diseases. She talked to us about the major unmet needs that exist in the management of obstructive sleep apnea in children, as well as useful therapies and most significant recent advances.

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1. What do you consider the major unmet needs in the management of children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)? (0:10)
2. What medical therapies are most useful for children with OSA? (1:17)
3. What have been the most significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of OSA in recent years? (2:30)

Hear more from Refika Ersu on the challenges of diagnosing children with OSA, here.

Speaker disclosure: Refika Ersu has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Filmed at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference 2018, San Diego, CA, US, May 2018.

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