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Multi-Modal Home Sleep Monitoring in Older Adults
Published on: January 26, 2019
Detecting COVID-19 and other respiratory infections in obstructive sleep apnoea patients through CPAP device
Jean-Louis Pépin1,2, Sébastien Bailly1,2, Jean-Christian Borel3
1HP2 Laboratory, INSERM U1042, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Objective:
The earliest possible detection of individuals with COVID-19 has been essential to curb the spread of infection. Existing digital tools have been scaled up to address this issue. Every night telemonitoring data on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device use, the first-line therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), is collected worldwide. We asked whether the changes in CPAP adherence patterns of might constitute an alert for COVID-19.
Methods:
We analysed preliminary results of telemonitoring data, recorded between February 1 and April 30, 2020, on OSA patients followed by our sleep clinics and diagnosed with COVID-19.
Results:
CPAP telemonitoring data from the first 19 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 showed a clear decrease or halt in adherence in the 20 days immediately preceding COVID-19 diagnosis compared to an earlier period (p < 0.01).
Conclusion:
Patterns of continuous positive airway pressure device use by obstructive sleep apnoea patients collected through telemonitoring can indicate the onset of COVID-19 symptoms. Existing telemonitoring platforms could be immediately used to screen for COVID-19, and for other respiratory infections, in this large at-risk population.
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