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Correspondence on "Does wearing double surgical masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and maternal oxygen saturation in term pregnant women".

Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2.   

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Year:  2022        PMID: 35201415      PMCID: PMC8867444          DOI: 10.1007/s00404-022-06474-8

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Arch Gynecol Obstet        ISSN: 0932-0067            Impact factor:   2.344


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Dear Editor, We would like to share ideas on the publication “Does wearing double surgical masks (SM) during the COVID-19 pandemic reduce maternal oxygen saturation in term pregnant women?: A prospective study [1]”. Isikalan et al. concluded that “When using double SM, oxygen saturation is significantly reduced compared to pre-mask values. Nevertheless, it seems difficult to say that these decreases have clinical significance [1].” We believe that wearing a facemask is a crucial COVID-19 prevention technique. The effect on oxygen saturation is a fascinating topic. The oxygen saturation can be affected by a number of things. It is tough to draw conclusions about the effect of double SM wearing without knowing your personal health history. A patient with underlying thalassemia [2], for example, may have a decreased oxygen saturation regardless wearing SM or not. Furthermore, the ability of SM to fit with face shape varies from person to person, which can alter the final measured oxygen saturation level. Finally, the pore size of the SM is enormous, allowing for the transmission of small viruses as well as oxygen, which is a smaller molecule than virus [3].
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Review 1.  Iron and oxidative stress in cardiomyopathy in thalassemia.

Authors:  Vasilios Berdoukas; Thomas D Coates; Zvi Ioav Cabantchik
Journal:  Free Radic Biol Med       Date:  2015-07-26       Impact factor: 7.376

2.  Does wearing double surgical masks during the COVID-19 pandemic reduce maternal oxygen saturation in term pregnant women?: A prospective study.

Authors:  Mehmet Murat Isikalan; Buşra Özkaya; Eren Berkay Özkaya; Meryem Gümüş; Enes Ferlibaş; Ali Acar
Journal:  Arch Gynecol Obstet       Date:  2021-06-18       Impact factor: 2.493

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