Management of sleep apnea in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak there has been concern that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who develop COVID-19 may be at risk of greater morbidity and mortality than patients without OSA. COVID-19 is associated with an increased mortality in the elderly and particularly those with obesity, hypertension and diabetes, features which are typically seen in patients with OSA. This article describes the COVID-19 environment in New York City in which patients were evaluated and treated for OSA.

Methods

A telephone questionnaire survey of 112 OSA patients determined the occurrence of COVID-19 in the sleep apnea population and the patients' perspective on sleep apnea Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) management during the COVID-19 outbreak. The three mai

SUBMITTER: Thorpy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7368649 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature