Wearing surgical face mask has no significant impact on auscultation assessment

Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, universal mask-wearing became one of the main public health interventions. Because of this, most physical examinations, including lung auscultation, were done while patients were wearing surgical face masks. The aim of this study was to investigate whether mas...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Ivana Folnožić, Marija Gomerčić Palčić, Matilda Sabljak, Ena Vučak, Luka Vrbanić, Marija Mandić Perić, Fanika Mrsić, Aljoša Šikić, Ivan Ivanovski
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2024-05-01
Subjects:	Surgical face mask Auscultation Public health Physical examination
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/17368.pdf