COVID-19 and obstructive sleep apnea.

What it found

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Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and outcomes from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep medicine · 2021
   Pooled it
2. Assessment of PAP Device Usage and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in Patients with OSAS During COVID-19 PandemicsThoracic research and practice · 2025
   Article
3. Nurses' Sleep Quality and Its Influencing Factors During the First Explosive COVID-19 Outbreak in Zhejiang, China, After the Relaxation of Epidemic Prevention and Control Measures: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing open · 2025
   Article
4. Nocturnal hypoxia in patients with sleep disorders: exploring its role as a mediator between neurotic personality traits and psychological symptoms.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024
   Article
5. Overview of a Sleep Monitoring Protocol for a Large Natural Population.Phenomics (Cham, Switzerland) · 2023
   Article
6. COVID-19 and Sleep Disturbances: A Literature Review of Clinical Evidence.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023
   Review
7. Association of the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea with the severity of COVID-19.PloS one · 2023
   Article
8. Sleep disorders and COVID-19.Sleep medicine · 2022
   Article
9. Sleep Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Mechanisms, and Management.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021
   Review
10. Mental Health Issues During and After COVID-19 Vaccine Era.Brain research bulletin · 2021
    Review
11. The prevalence and impact of pre-existing sleep disorder diagnoses and objective sleep parameters in patients hospitalized for COVID-19.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021
    Article
12. A case of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a patient with obstructive sleep apnea managed with telemedicine.BMJ case reports · 2021
    Article
13. Symptomless multi-variable apnea prediction index assesses adverse outcomes in patients with Corona Virus Disease 2019.Sleep medicine · 2020
    Observational
14. Management of sleep apnea in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic.Sleep medicine · 2020
    Article
15. OSA as a probable risk factor for severe COVID-19.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020
    Article
16. COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Sleep Health: A Rapid Review.Missouri medicine
    Review
17. Is there a link between COVID-19 and obstructive sleep apnea?Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
    Article

Corrections and comments

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  OSA as a probable risk factor for severe COVID-19.2020
• Comment on
  Potential influences of obstructive sleep apnea and obesity on COVID-19 severity.2020

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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