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Alternative Title:
Am J Infect Control
Personal Author:
Roberge, Raymond J. ; Kim, Jung-Hyun ; Powell, Jeffrey B.
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Description:
Background

To determine the physiological and subjective effects of wearing an N95 filtering facepiece respirator (N95 FFR) in advanced stages of pregnancy.

Methods

Healthy pregnant women (n = 22) and nonpregnant women (n = 22) had physiological and subjective measurements taken with and without wearing an N95 FFR during exercise and postural sedentary activities over a 1-hour period.

Results

There were no differences between the pregnant and nonpregnant women with respect to heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, transcutaneous carbon dioxide level, chest wall temperature, aural temperature, and subjective perceptions of exertion and thermal comfort. No significant effect on fetal heart rate was noted.

Conclusions

Healthy pregnant women wearing an N95 FFR for 1 hour during exercise and sedentary activities did not exhibit any significant differences in measured physiological and subjective responses compared with nonpregnant women.


Subject:
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Adult
Article
Exercise
Female
Healthy Volunteers
Humans
Masks
N95 Respirators
Physiological Phenomena
Sedentary Behavior

Source:
Am J Infect Control. 42(10):1097-1100
Pubmed ID:
25278401
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4469179
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:5f9696795fd21460e9e756b2f308733a811167070fc38ddc6c57ad10be3c41bf
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