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. 2020 Jun 18;55(6):2001323.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01323-2020. Print 2020 Jun.

Sleep apnoea management in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA)

Ludger Grote  1   2 , Walter T McNicholas  3 , Jan Hedner  4   2 ; ESADA collaborators
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Sleep apnoea management in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA)

Ludger Grote et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

This study identified an 80% shutdown of sleep apnoea management throughout Europe. Most services have been limited to phone-based follow-up and the management of high-priority cases. Mitigation strategies appear to be insufficiently exploited. https://bit.ly/2KWf3IY

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: L. Grote reports a collaboration between the ESADA and Bayer in part related to the submitted work, has received non-financial support for research from and has been on speakers’ bureau for Itamar Medical, Resmed, Philips and AstraZeneca outside the submitted work; and has a patent on sleep apnoea therapy issued and licensed. Conflict of interest: W.T. McNicholas has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Hedner reports grants from ResMed, Respironics, European Respiratory Society and Bayer, during the conduct of the study; personal fees for lectures from Philips Respironics, Bayer and MSD, outside the submitted work; and has a patent for Pharmacological therapy in OSA licensed.

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