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Risk of Aerosol Formation During High-Flow Nasal Cannula Treatment in Critically Ill Subjects

Reinout A Bem, Niels van Mourik, Rozalinde Klein-Blommert, Ingrid JB Spijkerman, Stefan Kooij, Daniel Bonn and Alexander P Vlaar
Respiratory Care June 2021, 66 (6) 891-896; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.08756
Reinout A Bem
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Niels van Mourik
Department of Adult Intensive Care, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Rozalinde Klein-Blommert
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Ingrid JB Spijkerman
Department of Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Stefan Kooij
Institute of Physics, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Daniel Bonn
Institute of Physics, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Alexander P Vlaar
Department of Adult Intensive Care, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Respiratory Care Jun 2021, 66 (6) 891-896; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.08756
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