Comparative effectiveness of N95 respirators and surgical/face masks in preventing airborne infections in the era of SARS-CoV2 pandemic: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

Katarzyna Barycka; Lukasz Szarpak; Krzysztof Jerzy Filipiak; Milosz Jaguszewski; Jacek Smereka; Jerzy Robert Ladny; Oguz Turan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242901

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Comparative effectiveness of N95 respirators and surgical/face masks in preventing airborne infections in the era of SARS-CoV2 pandemic: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

Katarzyna Barycka,

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
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Lukasz Szarpak ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lukasz.szarpak@gmail.com

Affiliation Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0973-5455

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Krzysztof Jerzy Filipiak,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Milosz Jaguszewski,

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Jacek Smereka,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1427-4796

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Jerzy Robert Ladny,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinic of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4167-1962

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Oguz Turan

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Comparative effectiveness of N95 respirators and surgical/face masks in preventing airborne infections in the era of SARS-CoV2 pandemic: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

Katarzyna Barycka,
Lukasz Szarpak,
Krzysztof Jerzy Filipiak,
Milosz Jaguszewski,
Jacek Smereka,
Jerzy Robert Ladny,
Oguz Turan

Published: December 15, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242901

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