The Irreversible Consequences of Pediatric Airway Disease (w/Dr. David Gozal) [Ep.150]
Episode Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. David Gozal for a wide-ranging conversation on pediatric sleep-disordered breathing. We discuss why SDB should be understood as a chronic, lifelong inflammatory disease, not a simple condition with a simple fix.
Dr. Gozal introduces his "Second Best Hypothesis" to explain how brain damage from childhood sleep apnea can be hidden by neural redundancy, only to surface years later. The conversation challenges common assumptions: that snoring in children is benign, that AHI alone can guide treatment decisions, and that adenotonsillectomy…
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