Telemedicine Strategy for CPAP Titration and Early Follow-up for Sleep Apnea During COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Future

Onintza Garmendia^{1

2}, Carmen Monasterio^{3

4

5}, Jesús Guzmán⁶, Laura Saura⁷, Concepción Ruiz¹, Neus Salord^{3

4

5}, Miguel Ángel Negrín⁸, Carlos Izquierdo Sanchez⁹, Monique Suarez-Giron¹, Josep M Montserrat^{1

5

10

11}, Marta Torres^{5

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13}

Affiliations

¹ Unitat del Son, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
² Fundació Bosch i Gimpera (FBG), Barcelona, Spain.
³ Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
⁴ Section of Respiratory Medicine, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
⁵ Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain.
⁶ Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain.
⁷ Esteve Teijin, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Quantitative Methods Department and TiDES Institute, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
⁹ Esteve Teijin, Zaragoza, Spain.
¹⁰ Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain.
¹³ Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS), Barcelona, Spain.

Case Reports

Onintza Garmendia et al. Arch Bronconeumol. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr:57:56-58.

doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2021.01.028. Epub 2021 Feb 13.

¹ Unitat del Son, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
² Fundació Bosch i Gimpera (FBG), Barcelona, Spain.
³ Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
⁴ Section of Respiratory Medicine, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
⁵ Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain.
⁶ Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain.
⁷ Esteve Teijin, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Quantitative Methods Department and TiDES Institute, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
⁹ Esteve Teijin, Zaragoza, Spain.
¹⁰ Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain.
¹³ Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS), Barcelona, Spain.

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