Placing a mask on COVID-19 patients during high-flow nasal cannula therapy reduces aerosol particle dispersion

Jie Li, James B. Fink, Ahmad A. Elshafei, Laurel M. Stewart, Hannah J. Barbian, Sara H. Mirza, Lena Al-Harthi, David Vines, Stephan Ehrmann

Source: ERJ Open Res, 7 (1) 00519-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00519-2020
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Respiratory critical care, Respiratory infections

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Jie Li, James B. Fink, Ahmad A. Elshafei, Laurel M. Stewart, Hannah J. Barbian, Sara H. Mirza, Lena Al-Harthi, David Vines, Stephan Ehrmann. Placing a mask on COVID-19 patients during high-flow nasal cannula therapy reduces aerosol particle dispersion. ERJ Open Res, 7 (1) 00519-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00519-2020

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