Is Office Laryngoscopy an Aerosol-Generating Procedure?

• Published in: The Laryngoscope Vol. 130; no. 11; p. 2637
• Main Authors: Rameau, Anaïs, Lee, Mark, Enver, Necati, Sulica, Lucian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Aerosols - analysis; Air - analysis; Ambulatory Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; COVID-19 - transmission; Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control; Female; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Laryngoscopy - adverse effects; Male; Particle Size; Patient Simulation; Phonation; Prospective Studies; Respiration; SARS-CoV-2; Speech; droplet quantification; rigid laryngoscopy; aerosol-generating procedures; Flexible laryngoscopy; optical particle sizer

The aims of this work were 1) to investigate whether office laryngoscopy is an aerosol-generating procedure with an optical particle sizer (OPS) during clinical simulation on healthy volunteers, and 2) to critically discuss methods for assessment of aerosolizing potentials in invasive interventions....