Second-hand exposure to aerosolized intravenous anesthetics propofol and fentanyl may cause sensitization and subsequent opiate addiction among anesthesiologists and surgeons

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 874-882

  McAuliffe, Priscilla F ^a   Gold, Mark S ^a   Bajpai, Lakshmikant ^a   Merves, Michele L ^a   Frost Pineda, Kimberly ^a   Pomm, Raymond M ^b   Goldberger, Bruce A ^a   Melker, Richard J ^a,c   Cendán, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ANESTHESIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SENSITIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; OPIATE ADDICTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURGEON; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 32144443516     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.10.030     Document Type: Article

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