Might CPAP prevent exacerbation in patients with COVID-19 with or without obstructive sleep apnea?

Sleep Biol Rhythms · 2021 · PMC7778401 · PMID 33424435

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He proposed the hypothesis that unrecognized snoring and sleep apnea might be significant mechanisms increasing viral aspiration during sleep and that this may induce aspiration of COVID-19 virus, worsening pulmonary lesions, and inducing viral pneumonia, which might be prevented by CPAP [ 7 ].

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