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cord-337674-mb6ue2hl	Voulgaris, Athanasios	Sleep medicine and COVID-19. Has a new era begun?	2020-07-17		.txt	text/plain	4544	207	47	This is especially important for the treatment of patients with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) since the application of positive airway pressure (PAP) can induce spread of aerosol and increase substantially the risk of infection [6] . A group of experts in SDB from the Chinese Thoracic Society provided feedback on the management of patients with OSA and suggested that sleep studies and initiation of PAP application should be continued only in regions with low incidence of COVID-19, preferably with the use of home sleep apnea tests (HSAT) [19] . In case where in-laboratory sleep studies are necessary, especially for PAP titration or insurance demands, these could be performed only after patients' negative screening for COVID-19, according to local recommendations and hospital guidelines, with the personnel using all necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) and keeping safe distances, as previously mentioned and according to WHO infection prevention and control guidance [34] .	./cache/cord-337674-mb6ue2hl.txt	./txt/cord-337674-mb6ue2hl.txt