id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-320560-yn3bbkdh Kohanski, Michael A. Review of indoor aerosol generation, transport, and control in the context of COVID‐19 2020-07-24 .txt text/plain 4514 220 41 [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The lack of studies within the otorhinolaryngology field assessing the aerosol-generating potential of procedures involving mucosal surfaces pre-COVID-19 made it challenging to understand in an evidence-based fashion the potential risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission associated with instrumentation of the upper airway; that is, whether these procedures may be infectious AGPs. At the early stages of the pandemic, based on the risks of exposure to high viral load mucosal surfaces, 10, 11 as well as on the lack of any immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and of any vaccines or effective treatments, an array of practice changes to protect health-care workers and patients were recommended and instituted for otorhinolaryngology procedures involving upper airway mucosal surfaces. ./cache/cord-320560-yn3bbkdh.txt ./txt/cord-320560-yn3bbkdh.txt