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- Title
COVID‐19 pandemic: do surgical masks impact respiratory nasal functions?
- Authors
Petitjean, Margaux; Béquignon, Émilie; Fieux, Maxime; Louis, Bruno; Zerah, Françoise; Coste, André; Bartier, Sophie
- Abstract
Keywords: COVID-19; face mask; nasal mucosa; nasal respiratory functions; rhinomanometry EN COVID-19 face mask nasal mucosa nasal respiratory functions rhinomanometry 1432 1434 3 11/15/22 20221101 NES 221101 INTRODUCTION Because of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), the use of surgical masks has become a worldwide recommendation1; however, this has encountered some resistance in the general population, justified by complaints of nasal discomfort.2 To date, the functional and architectural impacts of wearing a surgical mask on nasal respiratory functions have not been investigated. As recommended in the Riga Conference consensus,3 the logarithmic effective resistances (LReff) were chosen to evaluate the pressure flow recorded by anterior rhinomanometry (low and very low LReff < 0.89 Pa.ml SP -1 sp .s; high and very high LReff > 1.09 Pa.ml SP -1 sp .s). PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a prospective, monocentric study including adult volunteers without septal perforations or complete nasal obstruction (medical and paramedical staff of a French teaching hospital, and patients scheduled for rhinomanometry) between January and April 2021.
- Subjects
MEDICAL masks; COVID-19 pandemic; NASAL cannula; RHINOPLASTY
- Publication
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 11, p1432
- ISSN
2042-6976
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/alr.23013