ReviewPulmonology
Medical masks and Respirators for the Protection of Healthcare Workers from SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses.
Review in Pulmonology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- How efficient are facial masks against COVID-19? Evaluating the mask use of various communities one year into the pandemicTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Mortality after in-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Resuscitation · 2021Pooled it
- Personal protective equipment for reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection among health care workers involved in emergency trauma surgery during the pandemic: An umbrella review.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Pricing decisions of converted and expanded enterprises for medical supplies under major public health emergencies.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Radiation safety: knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived socioeconomic impact in a limited-resource radiotherapy setting.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- Molecular interactions of the Omicron, Kappa, and Delta SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins with quantum dots of graphene oxide.Journal of molecular modeling · 2024Article
- Healthcare Providers' Adherence to COVID-19 Prevention and Control Practices in Health Records and Information Management, Ghana.Global health, epidemiology and genomics · 2024Article
- Upscaling of Electrospinning Technology and the Application of Functionalized PVDF-HFP@TiOPolymers · 2023Article
- Determining the filtration effectiveness of non-standard respiratory protective devices by an ad-hoc laboratory methodology.Atmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994) · 2023Article
- Electrospun nanofibers for medical face mask with protection capabilities against viruses: State of the art and perspective for industrial scale-up.Applied materials today · 2023Review
- Adequacy of a Novel Qualitative Fit Test Kit and Protocol during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Acta medica Philippina · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Using Face Masks and Personal Protective Equipment to Reducing the Spread of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Case-Control Studies.Advanced biomedical research · 2023Review
- Long COVID: Impact and Comprehensive Management. A Never Ending Story?Archivos de bronconeumologia · 2022Article
- "One minute it's an airborne virus, then it's a droplet virus, and then it's like nobody really knows…": Experiences of pandemic PPE amongst Australian healthcare workers.Infection, disease & health · 2022Article
- Modeling of nursing care-associated airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a real-world hospital setting.GeroScience · 2022Article
- Face Masks to Combat Coronavirus (COVID-19)-Processing, Roles, Requirements, Efficacy, Risk and Sustainability.Polymers · 2022Review
- Determinants of latent tuberculosis infection among nurses at public health centers in Indonesia.Belitung nursing journal · 2022Article
- Safety for the Rhinologist in the Age of COVID-19: Mask Use, Nasal Corticosteroids, Saline Irrigation, and Endoscopic Procedures - Literature Review.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2022Article
- Clusters of Survivors of COVID-19 Associated Acute Respiratory Failure According to Response to Exercise.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The use of medical masks and respirators as personal protective equipment is pivotal to reducing the level of biological hazard to which healthcare workers are exposed during the outbreak of highly diffusible pathogens, such as the recent novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Unfortunately, during this pandemic, supplies are rapidly running out worldwide, with potential consequences for the rate of occupational infections. Also, knowledge about specific characteristics of respirators is of utmost importance to select the proper type according to the clinical setting. A wide variety of literature is available on the topic, but mostly based on Influenza viruses infection models. Clinical evidence on the use of respirators is poor and interest in the topic has not been constant over time. A better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 transmission is needed, together with high-quality clinical data on the use of respirators or alternative devices. Moreover, healthcare workers, regardless of their level of experience, should receive specific training. This review aims to summarize the available evidence on the use of medical masks and respirators in the context of viral infections, especially the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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