Does obstructive sleep apnea lead to increased risk of COVID-19 infection and severity?

Sergio Tufik; David Gozal; Isabela Antunes Ishikura; Gabriel Natan Pires; Monica Levy Andersen

doi:10.5664/jcsm.8596

Does obstructive sleep apnea lead to increased risk of COVID-19 infection and severity?

J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 Aug 15;16(8):1425-1426. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8596.

Authors

Sergio Tufik^{1

2}, David Gozal^{3

2}, Isabela Antunes Ishikura¹, Gabriel Natan Pires^{1

4}, Monica Levy Andersen¹

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Psicobiologia Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Contributed equally.
³ Department of Child Health and the Child Health Research Institute, The University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri.
⁴ Department of Physiological Sciences, Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

Tufik S, Gozal D, Ishikura IA, Pires GN, Andersen ML. Does obstructive sleep apnea lead to increased risk of COVID-19 infection and severity? J Clin Sleep Med. 2020;16(8):1425–1426.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Polysomnography
Risk
SARS-CoV-2
Severity of Illness Index
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / complications*
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / diagnosis