Table 3.

Published literature for sleep medicine practice during the pandemic

S.N.	Title	Society	Issues Addressed
1.	Considerations for the practice of sleep medicine during COVID-1961	American Academy of Sleep Medicine	•COVID-19 testing before sleep study •Home Sleep Apnea Test (HSAT) and In-lab testing •PAP therapy •Mitigating risk of personnel, facility, and equipment
2.	Dealing with sleep problems during home confinement due to the COVID-19 outbreak: Practical recommendations from a task force of the European CBT-I Academy39	European CBT-I Academy	Nonpharmacological methods for: • Improving sleep during home confinement • Recommendations for women and children • Recommendations for health care workers and those with increased burden • Medications to improve sleep
3.	Guidelines of the Indian Society for Sleep Research (ISSR) for Practice of Sleep Medicine during COVID-1962	Indian Society for Sleep Research (ISSR)	•Telemedicine consultation: •who can be provided teleconsultation, methods, advantages and limitations, legal issues, online prescriptions •Sleep study during COVID-19: safety of staff and patients, indications for HSAT and in-lab testing •PAP therapy during COVID-19: Current PAP users, titration methods at home and in-laboratory, temporary auto-PAP therapy in high-risk patients
4.	Sleep laboratories reopening and COVID-19: a European perspective63	European Respiratory Society and National Societies	•Conducting diagnostic study for OSA •Protocol for titration study •Protocol for patients already using PAP •Recommendation for pediatric sleep studies
5.	The Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM) COVID-19 Task Force: Objectives and Summary Recommendations for Managing Sleep during a Pandemic64	Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine	•Managing acute insomnia •Managing irregular/delayed sleep-wake schedule •Managing nightmares •Considerations for children and elders
6.	Helping Canadian health care providers to optimize Sleep Disordered Breathing management for their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic65	Canadian Thoracic Society	•Outpatients visit and sleep study •Patients using PAP at home •Patients with OSA using PAP while admitted to hospital •Newly diagnosed OSA patients where PAP is required
7.	Sleep Breathing Disorders in the COVID-19 Era: Italian Thoracic Society Organizational Models for a Correct Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment66	Italian Thoracic Society	•Diagnostic Sleep Study •Initiation of PAP therapy •Follow-up of patients with OSA
8.	Restoring Pulmonary and Sleep Services as the COVID-19 Pandemic Lessens. From an Association of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Division Directors and American Thoracic Society-coordinated Task Force67	Association of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Division Directors American Thoracic Society	•Guidelines for resuming outpatient services •Polysomnography services •Other respiratory services like bronchoscopy, pulmonary function testing