Amjad Tobia

Overview: We conduct research projects with children with a primary goal to improve clinical care for families. One of our studies will evaluate if a home parent-taken 2 minute video is a good enough indicator of severity of sleep apnea compared to full sleep study in hospital. Another study will examine if we can predict, based on body measures, the nasopharynx depth. This may help when a swab test to sample the nasopharynx is being performed.
Publications: Minimally Invasive Management of Neonatal Piriform Fossa Sinus Tract: A Scoping Review
The Laryngoscope
Amjad Tobia and Abhiram Cherukupalli and Alice Q. Liu and Neil K. Chadha
DOI: 10.1002/lary.31231
06/2024
Endoscopic treatment in pediatric patients with recurrent and H-type tracheoesophageal fistulas – A systematic review and meta-analysis
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Amjad Tobia and Carolina Grau Luque and Katharina Leitmeyer and Marisa Dorling and Neil K. Chadha
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111541
05/2023
Tracheal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor presenting as an obstructive pediatric foreign body
Clinical Case Reports
Alice Q. Liu and Naima Kotadia and Amjad Tobia and Jonathan H. Rayment and Simon Whyte and Mark Felton
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.6583
12/2022
Hearing Outcomes with Percutaneous and Transcutaneous BAHA® Technology in Conductive and Mixed Hearing Loss.
Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000003231
PubMed: 34528924
10/2021
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Presenting as Auditory Neuropathy Hearing Disorder in a Child
The Laryngoscope
Amjad Tobia and Ranin Khayr and Talma Shpak and Caroline Peleg and Jacob Genizi and Riyad Khnifes and Nina Borissovsky and Michal Luntz
DOI: 10.1002/lary.28150
11/2019
Acute mastoiditis: 20 years of experience with a uniform management protocol
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Tamer Mansour and Noam Yehudai and Amjad Tobia and Rabia Shihada and Alex Brodsky and Riad Khnifies and Roni Barzilai and Isaac Srugo and Michal Luntz
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.07.014
10/2019
Procalcitonin and interleukin 6 for predicting blood culture positivity in sepsis.
The American journal of emergency medicine
Naffaa M and Makhoul BF and Tobia A and Kaplan M and Aronson D and Azzam ZS and Saliba W
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.058
PubMed: 24512888
05/2014
Brain natriuretic peptide at discharge as a predictor of 6-month mortality in acute decompensated heart failure.
The American journal of emergency medicine
Naffaa M and Makhoul BF and Tobia A and Jarous M and Kaplan M and Aronson D and Saliba W and Azzam ZS
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.10.002
PubMed: 24210886
01/2014
Interleukin-6 at discharge predicts all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis.
The American journal of emergency medicine
Naffaa M and Makhoul BF and Tobia A and Kaplan M and Aronson D and Saliba W and Azzam ZS
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.06.011
PubMed: 23896015
09/2013
Research: “I took this video of my child sleeping”: Are parent-recorded smartphone videos useful in predicting the severity of sleep disordered breathing in children?
In this study we are evaluating if a 2-minute parent-captured smartphone video and clinical history can better predict the patient’s obstructive AHI score compared to clinical history alone. Videos and clinical history will be reviewed by 3 otolaryngologists that will try to predict the AHI score. This will be compared to the gold standard sleep study AHI score.
Can We Predict Nasopharynx Distance in Children For Swab Testing? A Pilot Study
The nasopharynx swab test is a commonly performed procedure for diagnosis of viral upper respiratory infections. The goal of this study is to explore surface landmark measurements in children (finger length, height…) can be used to accurately predict nasopharynx depth through a simple predictive formula. This could then be used to guide healthcare professionals in obtaining reliable bedside nasopharynx swabs.

Grants

Evidence to Innovation Seed Grant 2022/23 for the study: “I took this video of my child sleeping”: Are parent-recorded smartphone videos useful in predicting the severity of sleep disordered breathing in children?

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