In addition, obesity may cause significant restrictive lung physiology and lead to obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). Restrictive lung disease is associated with nocturnal pathophysiology, including sleep disturbances and breathing and oxygenation impairments during sleep.
Droplet precautions are in addition to Standard Precautions. PLUS. Masks and Respirators. Wear a facemask, such as a procedure or surgical mask, for close contact (within 3 feet of the patient) with the patient; the facemask should be donned upon entering the exam room.
(Surgeons use them to protect patients from their mouth-borne germs, not the other way around.) But the masksâ actual prophylactic utility is, in a way, secondary to other reasons theyâre being worn, which is why theyâre likely to become more common in the futureâeven among non-Asians.