Preliminary Findings on Control of Dispersion of Aerosols and Droplets During High-Velocity Nasal Insufflation Therapy Using a Simple Surgical Mask: Implications for the High-Flow Nasal Cannula

Chest. 2020 Sep;158(3):1046-1049. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.03.043. Epub 2020 Apr 2.

¹ Department of Science and Innovation, Vapotherm, Inc., Exeter, NH.
² Pulmonary Section, Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
³ Allied Health Professionals, School of Health Science, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.
⁴ Department of Science and Innovation, Vapotherm, Inc., Exeter, NH. Electronic address: rjdebellis@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Science and Innovation, Vapotherm, Inc., Exeter, NH; Education and Human Services, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY; CIRUS, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Buffalo, NY.
⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Liberty University, Buffalo, NY.
⁷ University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN.

No abstract available

Publication types

Aerosols*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Masks*
Materials Testing
Models, Anatomic
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / instrumentation*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2