Dispersal of Respiratory Droplets With Open vs Closed Oxygen Delivery Masks: Implications for the Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Nosocomial transmission of droplet-borne respiratory infections such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) may be influenced by the choice of oxygen face mask. A subject inhaled saline mist and exhaled through three oxygen masks to illustrate the pattern of dispersal of pulmonary gas. In two c...

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Autores principales: Somogyi, Ron, Vesely, Alex E., Azami, Takafumi, Preiss, David, Fisher, Joseph, Correia, Joe, Fowler, Robert A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2004
Materias:
Selected Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15006983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.125.3.1155

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