التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Evaluation of Respiratory Particle Emission during Otorhinolaryngological Procedures in the Context of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
| المؤلفون: |
Reinhard Veltrup, Stefan Kniesburges, Michael Döllinger, Sebastian Falk, Sarina K. Mueller |
| المصدر: |
Diagnostics; Volume 12; Issue 7; Pages: 1603 |
| بيانات النشر: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| سنة النشر: |
2022 |
| المجموعة: |
MDPI Open Access Publishing |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
respiratory particles, laryngoscopy, rhinoscopy, otoscopy, sonography, pharyngoscopy, SARS-CoV-2, face masks, high-speed visualization, optical particle sizer |
| الوصف: |
Understanding the risk of infection by routine medical examination is important for the protection of the medical personnel. In this study we investigated respiratory particles emitted by patients during routine otolaryngologic procedures and assessed the risks for the performing physician. We developed two experimental setups to measure aerosol and droplet emission during rigid/flexible laryngoscopy, rhinoscopy, pharyngoscopy, otoscopy, sonography and patient interview for subjects with and without masks. A high-speed-camera setup was used to detect ballistic droplets (approx. > 100 µm) and an aerosol-particle-sizer was used to detect aerosol particles in the range of 0.3 µm to 10 µm. Aerosol particle counts were highly increased for coughing and slightly increased for heavy breathing in subjects without masks. The highest aerosol particle counts occurred during rigid laryngoscopy. During laryngoscopy and rhinoscopy, the examiner was exposed to increased particle emission due to close proximity to the patient’s face and provoked events such as coughing. However, even during sonography or otoscopy without a mask, aerosol particles were expelled close to the examiner. The physician’s exposure to respiratory particles can be reduced by deliberate choice of examination technique depending on medical indication and the use of appropriate equipment for the examiners and the patients (e.g., FFP2 masks for both). |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071603 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/diagnostics12071603 |
| الاتاحة: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071603 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.D978B94B |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |