OSA Associated With Greater Use Of NIV In Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19, But Booster Vaccination Lowered The Risk, Research Shows

MedPage Today (4/9, Short) reports, “In hospitalized veterans with COVID-19, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was associated with greater use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), but booster vaccination reduced this risk,” researchers concluded in a retrospective study published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. The booster dose “decreased both the likelihood of NIV (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.35-0.99) and mechanical ventilation (OR 0.28, 95% CI 0.13-0.62), and that protective effect did not differ by OSA status.”