Visual Field Artifacts From Face Mask Use

Face mask use by patients in primary care.

CONTEXT Face masks are recommended for patients with respiratory symptoms to reduce influenza transmission. Little knowledge exists regarding actual utilization and acceptance of face masks in primary care. OBJECTIVE Compare distribution of face masks to clinic and community trends in respiratory infection (RI) and influenza-like illness (ILI); estimate the annual need for face masks in prima...

Comparison of the use of the laryngeal mask and face mask by inexperienced personnel.

Ten junior doctors with no postgraduate anaesthetic experience attempted to ventilate the lungs of 50 anaesthetized patients, using either a laryngeal mask or a Guedel airway and face mask. Success was defined as the production of two successive tidal volumes exceeding 800 ml within 40 s. The failure rate was significantly greater using the laryngeal mask compared with the face mask (P < 0.05) ...

Face Detection Using Template Face Mask

In today’s world, the importance of biometric studies is increasing day by day. Biometric face recognition study is the most widely used method in the legal environment. Commonly, face images are used in all identification systems(IDs, driver’s license, passport, etc.). In particular, to improve the social security of city life, automatic face detection and face recognition systems are needed. ...

Face mask ventilation using a lower lip face mask placement in edentulous patients.

The comments of Drs. Maxwell and Mihm invite a further discussion of diuretic use in the setting of postoperative negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE). Although diuretics were administered to the patient in our case, as originally stated, it is debatable whether this therapy benefited the patient in the case scenario. In NPPE, the primary problem is not fluid overload but a combination of n...

fungal contaminations of herbal face mask preparations