Cutoff: 13 October 2026. Consensus supports discovery and checks of specific source aspects; it is not a primary study, a full-paper audit or a causal probability meter.
The original is a thirty-person prospective before-during pilot. Its 35 percent median AHI change and sleepiness improvement are real reported findings, but no randomized concurrent control or anatomical-mediator necessity is established. Original PMID25450408. Access: abstract_metadata.
Consensus did not prominently retrieve Lee2022 despite the explicit brief. Its actual Methods identify retrospective tolerated-user selection and treatment of nasal obstruction; the AHI change cannot be described as a controlled prospective tape-only trial. Original PMID36141367. Access: full_text_partial.
The original abstract reports seventy-one participants and fixed usual-then-taped nights, with groups classified by measured ODI response. Provider wording using fifty-eight and a categorical adverse percentage is not adopted without matched body definitions. Original PMID37032816. Access: abstract_metadata.
The original defines drug-induced sleep endoscopy and alternating-breath manual closure, with worse flow in high oral breathers. This is mechanistic safety-relevant evidence, not a natural-sleep tape-only AHI trial; a provider omission is not absence of the study. Original PMID39361293. Access: abstract_metadata.
The sixty-two-person trial reports more CPAP usage with adjunct tape. This controlled finding is retained without converting it into tape-alone treatment efficacy. Original PMID40963295. Access: abstract_metadata.
The original finds high sleep sensitivity and limited wake specificity, mixed stages and worse disrupted-night performance. These are device-specific validation findings rather than a universal assertion that all wearable measurements are useless. Original PMID33378539. Access: abstract_metadata.
The original reports useful healthy-cohort agreement and device-specific stage biases. Blanket dismissal of all commercial stage estimates would ignore these distinctions. Original PMID39460013. Access: abstract_metadata.
Measured night-to-night AHI variability gives a concrete reason to require repeated baseline and treatment nights. The large purchaser sample does not itself prove that pilot improvements are artifacts. Original PMID34904935. Access: abstract_metadata.
Consensus was used to identify literature and cross-check specific claims about design, endpoints, scope and research gaps. Those aspects were checked against original primary abstracts/status records and selected original Methods/Results passages. Consensus output was not treated as original full text. Provider search omissions are not evidence that a study does not exist. Source access and examination receipts are retained. Scite use or monthly unavailability is recorded per case; provider citation counts do not change causal grades.