COVID-19 resources for respiratory and sleep clinicians
Page last updated 9 July 2020
President’s message on COVID-19 situation in Victoria Australasian Sleep Association - 9 July 2020
Updated recommendations for polysomnography during CoVID-19 pandemic: recommencement of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy studies Australasian Sleep Association - 29 May 2020
Joint statement from the Research and Clinical Committees of the ASA: Recommendations for research polysomnography during CoVID-19 pandemic Australasian Sleep Association - 16 June 2020
Consensus statement on the safe use of respiratory therapy and NIV to minimise aerosolisation of CoVID-19 Australasian Sleep Association - 05 May 2020
Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce
COVID-19 Guidelines The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS)
Management and tracheal intubation specific to the COVID-19 adult patient group Safe Airway Society
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when novel coronavirus (nCoV) is suspected World Health Organization
ATS & ERS joint Webinar: Global Perspectives on COVID-19 American Thoracic Society (ATS) and European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Infection control
Guidance on the use of personal protective equipment in hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak Australian Department of Health
Statement on the use of PPE in hospital with patients with COVID-19 Australian Health Protection Principal Committee
Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
N Engl J Med 2020; 382:1564-1567 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2004973 - 16 April 2020
Respiratory Research Review, issue 81 Research Review
Self-care for health workers
Minding health care workers: psychological responses of health care workers during the COVID pandemic Margie Stutchbery - April 2020
Information for patients and the community
Getting good sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic Sleep Health Foundation
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and using CPAP Treatment for Sleep Apnea Sleep Health Foundation