British Sleep Society: the COVID-19 pandemic response

Steier, Joerg, Durrant, Simon and Hare, Alanna (2020) British Sleep Society: the COVID-19 pandemic response. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 12 (8). ISSN 2072-1439

Full content URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-2020-059

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Abstract

The current pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, named COVID-19, holds the entire world to ransom. A proportion of the infected patients becomes critically ill, with millions being infected and hundreds of thousands who have died so far. In some countries, national lockdown restrictions are being slowly lifted, but the World Health Organization (WHO) still registers increasing numbers of confirmed COVID-19 infections across its membership states.
Against this background, the BSS brought together doctors from the respiratory and critical care response teams in Wuhan, China and London, UK in a webinar to exchange their knowledge and expertise and discuss current best practice in the management of patients with COVID-19. Following their presentations, sleep experts from the Executive Committee of the BSS discussed the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on sleep and shared practical advice regarding sleep health.

Keywords:Sleep, COVID-19, Medicine
Subjects:C Biological Sciences > C800 Psychology
A Medicine and Dentistry > A300 Clinical Medicine
Divisions:College of Social Science > School of Psychology
ID Code:42219
Deposited On:10 Sep 2020 08:39

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