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Assessment of dispersion of airborne particles of oral/nasal fluid by high flow nasal cannula therapy

BACKGROUND: Nasal High Flow (NHF) therapy delivers flows of heated humidified gases up to 60 LPM (litres per minute) via a nasal cannula. Particles of oral/nasal fluid released by patients undergoing NHF therapy may pose a cross-infection risk, which is a potential concern for treating COVID-19 pati...

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Autores principales: Jermy, M. C., Spence, C. J. T., Kirton, R., O’Donnell, J. F., Kabaliuk, N., Gaw, S., Hockey, H., Jiang, Y., Zulkhairi Abidin, Z., Dougherty, R. L., Rowe, P., Mahaliyana, A. S., Gibbs, A., Roberts, S. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7880466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33577565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246123