Response to the letter to the editor for "Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization and Respiratory Failure"

Matthew B Maas^{1

2

3}, Minjee Kim^{4

5}, Roneil G Malkani^{5

6}, Sabra M Abbott^{5

6}, Phyllis C Zee^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Stroke and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. mbmaas@northwestern.edu.
² Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. mbmaas@northwestern.edu.
³ Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. mbmaas@northwestern.edu.
⁴ Division of Stroke and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁶ Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.

Comment

Matthew B Maas et al. Sleep Breath. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;25(4):2105-2106.

doi: 10.1007/s11325-020-02272-1. Epub 2021 Jan 18.

Matthew B Maas^{1

2

3}, Minjee Kim^{4

5}, Roneil G Malkani^{5

6}, Sabra M Abbott^{5

6}, Phyllis C Zee^{5

6}

¹ Division of Stroke and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. mbmaas@northwestern.edu.
² Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. mbmaas@northwestern.edu.
³ Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. mbmaas@northwestern.edu.
⁴ Division of Stroke and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁶ Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Obstructive sleep apnea and risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and respiratory failure.
de Kruif MD, Voncken SFJ, Laven SAJS, Feron TMH, Kolfoort-Otte AAB. de Kruif MD, et al. Sleep Breath. 2021 Dec;25(4):2103. doi: 10.1007/s11325-020-02271-2. Epub 2021 Jan 16. Sleep Breath. 2021. PMID: 33453000 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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