Facemasks do not lead to abnormal gas exchange during treadmill exercise testing in children

  1. Maria Christina Mallet1,2,
  2. Michael Hitzler3,
  3. Marco Lurà3,
  4. Claudia E Kuehni1,4 and
  5. Nicolas Regamey3⇑
  1. 1Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  2. 2Graduate School for Health Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  3. 3Division of Paediatric Pulmonology, Children's Hospital, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
  4. 4Division of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  1. Nicolas Regamey (Nicolas.regamey{at}luks.ch)

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  • Received October 29, 2021.
  • Accepted November 29, 2021.
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