Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization and Respiratory Failure.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with OSA experienced approximately 8-fold greater risk for COVID-19 infection compared to a similar age population receiving care in a large, racially, and socioeconomically diverse healthcare system. Among patients with COVID-19 infection, OSA was associated with increased risk of hospitalization and approximately double the risk of developing respiratory failure.
PMID: 32989673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Sleep and Breathing - September 28, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Maas MB, Kim M, Malkani RG, Abbott SM, Zee PC Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research