Risk assessment of mixed and displacement ventilation (LAF) during orthopedic and trauma surgery on COVID-19 patients with increased release of infectious aerosols

2020/05/14 by Axel Krämer, Kramer, Axel, Rüdiger Külpmann +7
Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies #COVID-19 and healthcare impacts #Displacement ventilation #Infection Control and Ventilation #Medicine #SARS-CoV-2 spread #laminar air flow #mixed ventilation #negative pressure #no ventilation

paper · doi:10.3205/dgkh000342

openalex publication_date 2020/05/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19

Abstract

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