Intranasal corticosteroids for the treatment of mild to severe obstructive sleep apnea in children did not result in significant changes in symptoms, polysomnography findings and neurobehavior, researchers reported in Chest.
“Studies have suggested that intranasal corticosteroids may be effective in the treatment of childhood OSA syndrome,” Ignacio E. Tapia, MD, an attending pulmonologist in the department of pediatrics in the division of pulmonary and sleep medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues wrote. “However, these studies have been