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Negative pressure drainage relieves respiratory discomfort for patients with medical face masks under ocular surgeries during COVID-19
- Source :
- Guoji Yanke Zazhi, Vol 21, Iss 12, Pp 2032-2037 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS), 2021.
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Abstract
- AIM:To report our precaution practices for ocular surgeries under local anesthesia during COVID-19 outbreak and evaluate the respiration situation among the patients with medical face masks under ocular surgeries.METHODS:Sixty Chinese patients needed eye surgery treatment were recruited and given medical face masks as one of the COVID-19 precaution practices during eye surgery with local anesthesia. Oxygen supplementation and negative pressure drainage were applied to relieve the potential respiratory discomfort, and the respiratory comfort score was evaluated.RESULTS:Patients with medical face masks experienced mild to moderate respiratory discomfort with an overall mean score of 2.34±0.73. Supplementation of oxygen together with negative pressure drainage relieved this discomfort(overall mean score of 0.15±0.75; P
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16725123
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Guoji Yanke Zazhi
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7deca3a2c674777a4c074575a8a6919
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2021.12.03