Aerosol generation and droplet spread during nasogastric intubation in the COVID-19 era

Gut. 2021 Oct;70(10):2017-2019. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323836. Epub 2020 Dec 31.

Wout Verbeure¹, Annelies Geeraerts¹, I-Hsuan Huang^{1

2}, Lien Timmermans³, Joran Toth¹, Hannelore Geysen¹, Louise Cools¹, Florencia Carbone^{1

3}, Jolien Schol¹, Herman Devriese⁴, Rico Haesaerts³, Hideki Mori¹, Tim Vanuytsel^{1

3}, Jan Tack^{5

3}

¹ Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism (ChroMeta), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KU Leuven University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Prevention and Environment, KU Leuven University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism (ChroMeta), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium jan.tack@med.kuleuven.be.

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Keywords: COVID-19; enteral nutrition; infectious disease; manometry; oesophageal pH monitoring.

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