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. 2020 Sep;36(3):149-151.
doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000702.

A Strategy for Management of Electroconvulsive Therapy Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ethan O Bryson, Amy Starr Aloysi  1
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A Strategy for Management of Electroconvulsive Therapy Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ethan O Bryson et al. J ECT. 2020 Sep.
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There are no potential conflicts of interests to disclose. No funding received from National Institutes of Health (NIH); Wellcome Trust; Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

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Figure 1
N99 breathing circuit filter (BCF) device with retention efficiency for airborne particles of greater than 99% removed from anesthesia breathing circuit. These filters are typically placed between the single patient use breathing circuits and the inspiratory (to protect the patient from contamination) and expiratory (to protect the machine from contamination) connections to the anesthesia delivery unit.
Figure 2
Figure 2
N99 breathing circuit filter (BCF) device placed in-between the facemask and valve attachment in a self-inflating manual resuscitation device (bag-valve-mask device).
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