Assessment of Cardio-Respiratory Function in Overweight and Obese Children Wearing Face Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Main Authors: Riccardo Lubrano (Author), Silvia Bloise (Author), Mariateresa Sanseviero (Author), Alessia Marcellino (Author), Claudia Proietti Ciolli (Author), Enrica De Luca (Author), Alessia Testa (Author), Anna Dilillo (Author), Saverio Mallardo (Author), Sara Isoldi (Author), Vanessa Martucci (Author), Emanuela Del Giudice (Author), Rita Leone (Author), Donatella Iorfida (Author), Flavia Ventriglia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To evaluate whether the use of a surgical and N95 mask for overweight and obese children was associated with respiratory distress. Methods: We enrolled 15 healthy and 14 overweight or obese children. We performed two sessions: one wearing a surgical, the other an N95 mask. We tracked chan...