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© 2022 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. 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.
Author(s): Turnbull CD, Allen M, Appleby J, Brown R, Bryan N, Cooper A, Cooper BG, Gillooly C, Davidson J, Farley H, Gaspar A, Gibbons G, Gray B, Hill G, Kendrick A, Marsh B, McMillan A, Page J, Pepperell JCT, Quinnell T, Rogers C, Sexton J, Sheperd N, Steier J, Stockley J, Stradling J, Woroszyl A, West S, Wright S, Nickol A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Thorax
Year: 2022
Volume: 77
Issue: 8
Pages: 839-841
Print publication date: 01/08/2022
Online publication date: 09/05/2022
Acceptance date: 13/04/2022
ISSN (print): 0040-6376
ISSN (electronic): 1468-3296
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218635
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218635
PubMed id: 35534153
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