In a Perspective paper in Acta Paediatrica, Xu argues that the pressure on paediatric respiratory departments Chinese hospitals decreased early 2020 because children were wearing face masks during COVID-19 pandemic.1 He concluded doctors and parents should ask to wear whenever there was high incidence of infections, including COVID-19. I feel challenge those statements. Most countries seem have...

Now and in the future, a face mask is very important strategy to protect people when new contagious life threatens disease spread through air appears. Currently, there serious health emergency because of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. The negative consequences this pandemic need be protected public areas. Numerous methods are advised by World Health Organization (WHO) reduce infection ra...

This is an uncommon case of a patient who developed pneumopericardium while being treated with face-mask continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for hypoxic respiratory failure following a coronary artery bypass graft surgery. A pneumopericardium detected by chest radiograph resolved completely after discontinuation of face-mask CPAP. Possible mechanisms that may have been involved in this u...

Anesthesiology has made a significant advance in airway care since the introduction of the facemask and then followed by endotracheal tubes for assisted ventilation. [1] The need for assisted ventilation for the advancement of anesthesia care has resulted in significant improvements in health care for patients needing surgical, diagnostic, and intensive BLOCKINcare. BLOCKINPractitioners BLOCKIN...

The objective of this study is to determine the profile changes in Class III patients treated with protraction facemask and propose the use of serial cephalometric radiographs and a Growth Treatment Response Vector (GTRV) analysis to predict excessive mandibular growth. Serial cephalometric radiograph of 40 Class III patients who were treated with protraction facemask were included in the study...