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. 2026 Aug 2;15(15):6010. doi: 10.3390/jcm15156010
AHI Apnea–Hypopnea Index
CRSwNP Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps
CRSsNP Chronic Rhinosinusitis without Nasal Polyps
EPOS European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis
ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale
EUFOREA European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airways diseases
FDA US Food and Drug Administration
FeNO Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide
HRQoL Health-Related Quality of Life
IgE Immunoglobulin E
IL-4 Interleukin-4
IL-4Rα Interleukin-4 receptor alpha
IL-5 Interleukin-5
IL-10 Interleukin-10
IL-13 Interleukin-13
INCS Intranasal Corticosteroids
ISI Insomnia Severity Index
MCID Minimal Clinically Important Difference
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
NOSE Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation
NPS Nasal Polyp Score
NREM Non-Rapid Eye Movement
OSA Obstructive Sleep Apnea
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PROMs Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
QoL Quality of Life
REM Rapid Eye Movement
ROBINS-I Risk of Bias in Non-randomized Studies of Interventions
RoB 2 Cochrane Risk of Bias tool for randomized trials
SDB Sleep-Disordered Breathing
SNOT-22 Sinonasal Outcome Test-22
TNF Tumor Necrosis Factor
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor beta
VAS Visual Analogue Scale