| Autor: |
S. Zaffina, M. Lembo, F. Gilardi, A. Bussu, F. Pattavina, M. G. Tucci, U. Moscato, M. Raponi, P. Derrico, A. Galeotti, V. Camisa |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Anesthesiology, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1471-2253 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12871-019-0714-x |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Nitrous oxide has a proven clinical efficacy in conscious sedation. At certain environmental concentrations it may pose a health risk to chronically exposed healthcare workers. The present pilot study aims at evaluating the exposure to nitrous oxide of dental ambulatory personnel of a pediatric hospital. Methods A descriptive study design was conducted in two phases: a bibliographic analysis on the environmental safety policies and a gas concentration analysis in the dental ambulatories of a pediatric hospital, detected every 6 months from December 2013 to February 2017 according to law provisions. The surveys were carried out using for gas analysis a photoacoustic spectrometer Innova-B&K “Multi-gas monitor model 1312” and Innova-B&K “Multi-sampler model 1309”. The biological analysis and monitoring have been carried out on staff urine. Results The analyses were performed during 11 dental outpatient sessions on pediatric patients. All the patients were submitted to the same dental procedures, conservative care and dental extractions. The pediatric patients were 47 (23 males, 24 females; age range 3–17 years; mean age 6,63, SD ± 2,69) for a mean of 4,27 (SD ± 1,49) per session., The mean environmental concentration of nitrous oxide during the sessions was 24.7 ppm (SD ±16,16). A correlation was found between urinary nitrous oxide concentration of dentists (Pearson’s correlation 0.786; p = 0.007) and dental assistants urines (Pearson’s correlation 0.918; p |
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