UPDATED June 2023

Airborne Disease Transmission


Understanding the Impact of Respiratory Therapy

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Evidence-based guidelines recommend the use of NHF for COVID-19 patients

"Among patients with severe COVID-19, use of [NHF] decreased the need for mechanical ventilation
compared with conventional low-flow oxygen therapy."

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Wilson et al. 2021.

"We conclude instead that exertional respiratory activities themselves are the primary modes of aerosol generation and represent a greater transmission risk than is widely recognised currently.”

 

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Winslow et al, 2021.

"This adds to the increasing evidence that for COVID-19, CPAP and NHF may not be procedures
with a higher transmission risk that are associated with their 'aerosol generating' classification."
 

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Hui et al, 2023.

"No increased risk of environmental contamination in the isolation rooms was observed in the use of [NHF] and NIV vs COT among patients with COVID-19 with respiratory failure."

"There was no nosocomial infection involving staff members"

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Any clinical opinions in this newsletter are the opinions of the contributing authors and are given for information purposes only.
The clinical opinions are not intended as and do not substitute medical advice.

 
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