Wearing of medical mask over the high-flow nasal cannula for safer oxygen therapy in the COVID-19 era

• S. Hamada,
• N. Tanabe,
• H. Inoue,
• T. Hirai

Affiliations

S. Hamada

Department of Advanced Medicine for Respiratory Failure, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

N. Tanabe

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Corresponding author at: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.

H. Inoue

Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

T. Hirai

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan