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9135356

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
We have compared occupational exposure to isoflurane and desflurane during cardiopulmonary bypass, with and without a scavenging system at the membrane oxygenator outlet. Trace concentrations of volatile anaesthetics were measured by a direct reading instrument in 40 elective heart surgery procedures. Measurements were obtained in the breathing zones of the anaesthetist and perfusionist. When a scavenging system was used, median desflurane values were less than 0.3 ppm and isoflurane values less than 0.2 ppm. Without a scavenging system values were, in general, three- (isoflurane) to five- (desflurane) fold higher. We conclude that the use of a scavenging system at the membrane oxygenator outlet can reduce occupational exposure to volatile anaesthetics. We therefore recommend routine use of scavenging devices during cardiopulmonary bypass.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0007-0912
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
378-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Occupational exposure to desflurane and isoflurane during cardiopulmonary bypass: is the gas outlet of the membrane oxygenator an operating theatre pollution hazard?
pubmed:affiliation
University Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology (B), University Hospital of Vienna.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial