Aerosol generation during general anesthesia is comparable to coughing: An observational clinical study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intubation, laryngoscopy, and extubation are considered highly aerosol-generating procedures, and additional safety protocols are used during COVID-19 pandemic in these procedures. However, previous studies are mainly experimental and have neither analyzed staff exposure to aerosol generation in the real-life operating room environment nor compared the exposure to aerosol concentrations generated during normal patient care. To assess operational staff exposure to potentially infectious particle generation during general anesthesia, we measured particle concentration and size distribution with patients undergoing surgery with Optical Particle Sizer.

Methods

A single-center observative multidisciplinary clinical study in Helsinki University Hospital with 39 adult pa

SUBMITTER: Oksanen LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9303240 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature