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cord-287281-x30fx97e	Thorpy, Michael	Management of Sleep Apnea in New York City during the COVID-19 Pandemic	2020-07-18		.txt	text/plain	3637	179	53	With the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak there has been concern that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who develop COVID-19 may be at risk of greater morbidity and mortality than patients without OSA. The three main objectives of the survey were as follows: 1) To discover how patients were coping with COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their sleep apnea and PAP use, 2) To determine whether PAP usage changed after the onset of the outbreak in terms of adherence, and 3) To find out if patients were concerned about whether they were at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 because of their sleep apnea and, if they became infected, whether COVID-19 might result in greater complications because of the presence of sleep apnea. Interestingly, many of the COVID-19 severe illness risk factors are also well-known comorbidities of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a highly prevalent sleep-related breathing disorder estimated to affect over 29 million people in the U.S. alone.	./cache/cord-287281-x30fx97e.txt	./txt/cord-287281-x30fx97e.txt