Potential Aerosol Generation by Bronchoscopy And Intubation: Another Piece in the Puzzle

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: gomersall@cuhk.edu.hk.

Editorial

Lowell Ling et al. Chest. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;158(6):2251-2252.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.2089.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: gomersall@cuhk.edu.hk.

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Characterization of Experimental and Clinical Bioaerosol Generation During Potential Aerosol-Generating Procedures.
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