Sleep medicine and COVID-19. Has a new era begun?
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Since late December 2019, COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has spread rapidly around the world, causing unprecedented changes in provided health care services. Patients diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are subject to a higher risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19, due to the high prevalence of coexistent comorbidities. Additionally, treatment with positive airway treatment devices (PAP) can be challenging because of PAP-induced droplets and aerosol. In this context, sleep medicine practices are entering a new era and need to adapt rapidly to these circumstances, so as to provide the best care for patients with SDB. Novel approaches, such as telemedicine, may play an important role in the management of patients with SDB during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Authors
- Voulgaris, A., Ferini-Strambi, L., & Steiropoulos, P.
- Affiliations
- Democritus University of Thrace (GR)
- Corresponding author
- Steiropoulos, Paschalis
- Venue
- Sleep Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-09
- Volume
- 73
- Pages
- 170-176
- ISSN
- 1389-9457 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7366110
- OpenAlex
- W3043107610
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 1.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Sleep Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, sleep-disordered breathing, positive airway pressure devices, airborne transmission, telemedicine, comorbidities, SARS-CoV-2
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Equipment Contamination, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Telemedicine, Coronavirus Infections, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, Pandemics
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