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Exhaled Air Dispersion During Noninvasive Ventilation via Helmets and a Total Facemask

BACKGROUND: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) via helmet or total facemask is an option for managing patients with respiratory infections in respiratory failure. However, the risk of nosocomial infection is unknown. METHODS: We examined exhaled air dispersion during NIV using a human patient simulator r...

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Autores principales: Hui, David S., Chow, Benny K., Lo, Thomas, Ng, Susanna S., Ko, Fanny W., Gin, Tony, Chan, Matthew T.V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25392954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.14-1934