Malvika Kaul

• University of Illinois Chicago

Background: In the first months of the pandemic, prior to the introduction of proven-effective treatments, 15-37% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were discharged on home oxygen. After proven-effective treatments for acute COVID-19 were established by evidence-based guidelines, little remains known about home oxygen requirements following ho...

PURPOSE: Paradoxical bronchospasm (PB) is a rare finding observed in spirometric testing that involves a worsening of pulmonary function after bronchodilator administration rather than expected improvement. PB has been reported in obstructive lung diseases such as COPD and asthma but has not been described in pulmonary sarcoidosis, a granulomatous...

Background A knowledge gap exists in understanding the beneficial use and duration of domiciliary supplemental oxygen (DSO) therapy among survivors of COVID-19 hospitalisations with persistent hypoxemia upon discharge. The purpose of this single center study was to begin to address this issue. Methods In this retrospective study we report features...

Inhaled short-acting β2-adrenergic agonists can rarely elicit paradoxical bronchospasm (PB), which may be fatal. The purpose to this study was to determine whether post-bronchodilator PB is reported in spirometry test results of veterans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or asthma followed at the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs (VA) Me...

Telemedicine is emerging as key healthcare delivery method in management of patients with limited healthcare access, particularly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. As sleep medicine is technology driven to begin with, it translates well to telemedicine-based patient care. A wide variety of sleep disorders can be evaluated, diagnosed, and man...

The recent trend for legalization of medicinal cannabis and cannabinoid-containing products, together with their soporific effects, has led to a surge of interest of their potential therapeutic role in the management of some common sleep disorders, such as insomnia, sleep disordered breathing, and restless legs syndrome, and less common disorders s...

Several central nervous system and neuromuscular conditions can lead to loss of normal sleep architecture yielding insomnia as well as other associated sleep disorders. In a bi-directional manner, this itself may contribute to worsening of the underlying condition. This article provides a comprehensive review of the literature to explore the associ...

Purpose of Review Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy remains the gold standard treatment, but its use is often limited by patient compliance, hence the need to consider other potential therapies. Preliminary data may suggest potential role of cannabinoid...