Exposure of personnel to sevoflurane during paediatric anaesthesia: Influence of professional role and anaesthetic procedure

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 638-645

  Gentili, Andrea ^a   Accorsi, A ^b   Pigna, A ^a   Bachiocco, V ^a   Domenichini, I ^a   Baroncini, S ^a   Violante, F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway management, tracheal tube, laryngeal mask, bronchoscope; Anaesthesia, paediatric; Anaesthetics exposure; Anaesthetics, inhalation, sevoflurane; Measurement; Operating room, personnel; Techniques

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MONITORING; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 4544327338     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021504008099     Document Type: Article

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