Respiratory protection among healthcare workers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in COVID-19 patients

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. 2021 Jan:39:233.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.014. Epub 2020 May 11.

Respiratory protection among healthcare workers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in COVID-19 patients

Kurt Ruetzler¹, Jacek Smereka², Kobi Ludwin³, Anna Drozd³, Lukasz Szarpak⁴

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¹ Departments of Outcomes Research and General Anesthesia, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
³ Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: Lukasz.szarpak@gmail.com.

PMID: 32444293
PMCID: PMC7211648
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.014

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Respiratory protection among healthcare workers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in COVID-19 patients

Kurt Ruetzler et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan:39:233.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.014. Epub 2020 May 11.

Authors

Kurt Ruetzler¹, Jacek Smereka², Kobi Ludwin³, Anna Drozd³, Lukasz Szarpak⁴

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Outcomes Research and General Anesthesia, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
³ Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: Lukasz.szarpak@gmail.com.

PMID: 32444293
PMCID: PMC7211648
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.014

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Healthcare workers; Infection; Pandemic; Respiratory; Respiratory protection; SARS-CoV-2.

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1. Dzieciatkowski T., Szarpak L., Filipiak K.J., et al. COVID-19 challenge for modern medicine. Cardiol J. 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0055. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Szarpak L., Smereka J., Filipiak K.J., Ladny J.R., Jaguszewski M. Cloth masks versus medical masks for COVID-19 protection. Cardiol J. 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0054. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
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[1] SY1 Hwang, H2 Yoon, Yoon A., et al. N95 filtering facepiece respirators do not reliably afford respiratory protection during chest compression: a simulation study. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Jan;38(1):12–17. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.041. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] SY1 Hwang, H2 Yoon, Yoon A., et al. N95 filtering facepiece respirators do not reliably afford respiratory protection during chest compression: a simulation study. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Jan;38(1):12–17. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.041. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Wang X., Pan Z., Cheng Z. Association between 2019-nCoV transmission and N95 respirator use. J Hosp Infect. 2020;S0195-6701(20):30097–30099. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.021. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Wang X., Pan Z., Cheng Z. Association between 2019-nCoV transmission and N95 respirator use. J Hosp Infect. 2020;S0195-6701(20):30097–30099. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.021. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Dzieciatkowski T., Szarpak L., Filipiak K.J., et al. COVID-19 challenge for modern medicine. Cardiol J. 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0055. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Dzieciatkowski T., Szarpak L., Filipiak K.J., et al. COVID-19 challenge for modern medicine. Cardiol J. 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0055. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Szarpak L., Smereka J., Filipiak K.J., Ladny J.R., Jaguszewski M. Cloth masks versus medical masks for COVID-19 protection. Cardiol J. 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0054. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Szarpak L., Smereka J., Filipiak K.J., Ladny J.R., Jaguszewski M. Cloth masks versus medical masks for COVID-19 protection. Cardiol J. 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0054. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Smereka J., Ruetzler K., Szarpak L., et al. Role of mask/respirator protection against SARS-CoV-2. Anesth Analg. 2020 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004873. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Smereka J., Ruetzler K., Szarpak L., et al. Role of mask/respirator protection against SARS-CoV-2. Anesth Analg. 2020 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004873. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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