Key Highlights From the Canadian Thoracic Society's Position Statement on Optimizing the Management of Sleep Disordered Breathing During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Electronic address: nayas@providencehealth.bc.ca.
² Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁶ Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
⁸ Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹¹ Division of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
¹² School of Health Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Editorial

Najib T Ayas et al. Chest. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;158(3):899-900.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.572. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

¹ Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Electronic address: nayas@providencehealth.bc.ca.
² Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁶ Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
⁸ Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹¹ Division of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
¹² School of Health Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

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References

1. Ayas N.T., Fraser K.L., Giannouli E. Helping Canadian health care providers to optimize sleep disordered breathing management for their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Can J Respir Crit Care Sleep Med. 2020; In Press doi: 10.1080/24745332.2020. In Press. - DOI
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