SynthesisThe Journal of hospital infection2015
Airborne transmission and precautions: facts and myths.
Synthesis in The Journal of hospital infection, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessment of Air Contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in Hospital Settings.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- Reducing Aerosol-Related Risk of Transmission in the Era of COVID-19: An Interim Guidance Endorsed by the International Society of Aerosols in Medicine.Journal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug delivery · 2020Guideline
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- Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Viruses Causing Acute Respiratory Tract Infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2019Guideline
- Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2017Pooled it
- Barrier Enclosure for Endotracheal Intubation in a Simulated COVID-19 Scenario: A Crossover Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2020Trial
- High-flow nasal-oxygenation-assisted fibreoptic tracheal intubation in critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective randomised controlled trial.British journal of anaesthesia · 2020Trial
- Introduction of Infection Prevention Tracheal Intubation Protocol during the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not Associated with First-Pass Success Rates of Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department: A Before-and-After Comparative Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- The Impact of Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning Design Features on the Transmission of Viruses, Including SARS-CoV-2: Overview of Reviews.Interactive journal of medical research · 2022Review
- Transesophageal Echocardiography-Guided Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannulation in COVID-19 Patients.Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · 2022Article
- What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic?Indoor air · 2022Review
- Numerical Flow Simulation on the Virus Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Due to Airborne Transmission in a Classroom.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Transmission modes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and implications for infection control: a review.Singapore medical journal · 2022Review
- Honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies as bioindicators of environmental SARS-CoV-2 occurrence.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- SARS-CoV-2 in the Air Surrounding Patients during Nebulizer Therapy.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2022Article
- Pulmonary Procedures in the COVID-19 Era.Current pulmonology reports · 2022Review
- Airborne virus transmission under different weather conditions.AIP advances · 2022Article
- Infection prevention and control considerations regarding ventilation in acute hospitals.Infection prevention in practice · 2021Article
- Containment of procedure-associated aerosols by an extractor tent: effect on nebulized drug particle dispersal.The Journal of hospital infection · 2021Article
- Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).The Journal of hospital infection · 2021Review
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Abstract
Airborne transmission occurs only when infectious particles of <5 μm, known as aerosols, are propelled into the air. The prevention of such transmission is expensive, requiring N95 respirators and negative pressure isolation rooms. This lecture first discussed whether respiratory viral infections are airborne with reference to published reviews of studies before 2008, comparative trials of surgical masks and N95 respirators, and relevant new experimental studies. However, the most recent experimental study, using naturally infected influenza volunteers as the source, showed negative results from all the manikins that were exposed. Modelling studies by ventilation engineers were then summarized to explain why these results were not unexpected. Second, the systematic review commissioned by the World Health Organization on what constituted aerosol-generating procedures was summarized. From the available evidence, endotracheal intubation either by itself or combined with other procedures (e.g. cardiopulmonary resuscitation or bronchoscopy) was consistently associated with increased risk of transmission by the generation of aerosols.
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