COVID-19-related changes in outpatient CPAP setup pathways for OSA are linked with decreased 30-day CPAP usage
Turnbull, Chris Allen, Martin Appleby, Jennifer Brown, Richard Bryan, Nathalie Cooper, Ann Cooper, Brendan Gillooly, Cathie Davidson, James Farley, Hannah
Turnbull, Chris
Allen, Martin
Appleby, Jennifer
Brown, Richard
Bryan, Nathalie
Cooper, Ann
Cooper, Brendan
Gillooly, Cathie
Davidson, James
Farley, Hannah
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2022-05-09
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic changed continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) setup pathways. We evaluated patients commenced on CPAP in 2019 (prepandemic) and 2020 (post-first UK wave). Face-to-face (F2F) setup numbers, with CPAP turned on, decreased from 613 patients (98.9%) in 2019, to 6 (1.1%) in 2020. In 2020, setups were F2F without CPAP turned on (403 (71.1%)), or remote (158 (27.9%)). Prepandemic median CPAP usage at first follow-up was 5.4 (2.7–6.9) hours/night and fell by 0.9 hours/night (95% CI 0.5 to 1.2, p<0.0001) in 2020. We found clinically relevant reductions in CPAP usage with pathway changes post-COVID-19.
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Turnbull, C. D., Allen, M., Appleby, J., et al. (2022). COVID-19-related changes in outpatient CPAP setup pathways for OSA are linked with decreased 30-day CPAP usage. Thorax, 77(8), 839–841. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2021-218254