N95 respirator use during advanced pregnancy

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Infect Control
• Personal Author:
  Roberge, Raymond J. ; Kim, Jung-Hyun ; Powell, Jeffrey B.
• 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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Article Exercise Female Fetal Heart Rate Healthy Volunteers Humans Masks Physiological Phenomena Physiological Response Pregnancy Respiratory Protective Equipment Sedentary Behavior Subjective Response

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• 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
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5f9696795fd21460e9e756b2f308733a811167070fc38ddc6c57ad10be3c41bf
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31623/cdc_31623_DS1.pdf
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