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. 2021 Oct 20;18(21):11008. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111008

Table 8.

Aerosol-generating medical procedures [132,133,134].

1. Tracheostomy and tracheal intubation procedures 2. Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation and CPAP
3. Bronchoscopy 4. Intubation and extubation procedures
5. Surgery, autopsy, or post-mortem procedures with high-speed devices 6. High frequency oscillatory ventilation
7. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 8. High-flow oxygen therapy
9. Sputum induction 10. Airway suctioning
11. FEES and VFSS 12. Nebulized or aerosol therapy
CPAP (Continuous positive airway pressure); FEES (Fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing); VFSS (Video fluoroscopic swallowing study)