Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 391-399.e2 , October 2006

Modified N95 Mask Delivers High Inspired Oxygen Concentrations While Effectively Filtering Aerosolized Microparticles

  • Alexandra Mardimae, Hon BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Marat Slessarev, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Jay Han, Hon BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Hiroshi Sasano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Medical Crisis Management, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Nobuko Sasano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Medical Crisis Management, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Takafumi Azami, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Medical Crisis Management, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Ludwik Fedorko, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Tim Savage, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Health and Safety, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Rob Fowler, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Joseph A. Fisher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Joseph A. Fisher MD, Toronto General Hospital 7EN-242, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4; 416-340-4800 ext 3071, fax 416-340-4448

Received 11 March 2006 ,Revised 10 May 2006 ,Accepted 12 June 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Jonathan L. Burstein, MD

 Author contributions: HS, NS, and TA initiated the study and initial proof of concept. AM, MS, JH, HS, NS, TA, LF, TS, and RF conducted study design. AM, MS, JH, LF, and TS conducted data gathering. AM, MS, and JH analyzed data. AM, MS, and JH prepared the article. RF and JAF were the major contributors to the article. LF and TS contributed to the article. JAF was the study coordinator and supervisor. JAF takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: MS, HS, NS, TA, LF, and JAF are part of a group organized under the auspices of the University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The group has patented one of the devices described in this manuscript.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00942-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.039

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 391-399.e2 , October 2006

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