Occupational exposure to volatile anaesthetics: a systematic review.

Autor:	Molina Aragonés JM; Occupational Health, Servei de Prevenció Mancomunat, Institut Català de la Salut, Corporate Centre, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 587, 08007 Barcelona, Spain, prevencio.ics@gencat.cat., Ayora Ayora A; Occupational Health, Institut Català de la Salut, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Psg. Vall d'Hebrón, 119-129 08035 Barcelona, Spain., Barbara Ribalta A; Occupational Health, Institut Català de la Salut, Primary Care, C/ Lope de Vega, 138 08005 Barcelona, Spain., Gascó parici A; Occupational Health, Institut Català de la Salut, Hospital de Viladecans, Avd. de Gavà, 38 08840 Viladecans, Spain., Medina Lavela JA; Prevention of Occupational Risks, Institut Català de la Salut, Corporate Centre, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 587, 08007 Barcelona, Spain., Sol Vidiella J; Occupational Health, Institut Català de la Salut, Hospital de Tortosa, C. de les Esplanetes, 44-58 43500 Tortosa, Spain., Sol López MH; Prevention of Occupational Risks, Institut Català de la Salut, Corporate Centre, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 587, 08007 Barcelona, Spain.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) [Occup Med (Lond)] 2016 Apr; Vol. 66 (3), pp. 202-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Nov 20.
DOI:	10.1093/occmed/kqv193
Abstrakt:	Background: The effects of long-term occupational exposure to small concentrations of volatile anaesthetics on health professionals are still uncertain despite the research literature available on this subject. Aims: To analyse the existing literature on the health effects of volatile anaesthetics on exposed health professionals. Methods: We performed a systematic review from March 2013 to January 2014. The literature was searched in the Medline and Cochrane libraries using the following keywords: 'Anaesthetics AND occupational health', 'Volatile anaesthetics AND occupational health', 'Sevoflurane AND occupational health' and 'Occupational surveillance AND anaesthetics', with no time limit. We used the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network to evaluate the quality of studies and to grade the recommendations. Results: From 1429 articles retrieved from the databases and an additional 20 obtained from secondary sources, we excluded 1391 (95.9%). After excluding duplicate publications, we finally included 17 articles in the review. Conclusions: Evidence for adverse effects of volatile anaesthetics on exposed personnel is scarce and inconsistent, but there is no evidence of adverse effects when environmental levels are kept within legal threshold values. Further studies are needed to improve our knowledge of the effects of occupational exposure to volatile anaesthetics. New surveillance methods that include systematic data collection, clinical signs and biomarkers of exposure are required to formulate consistent and reproducible surveillance criteria for exposed personnel. (© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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