| Document ID (ISN) | 20962 |
| CIS number |
74-1032 |
| Year |
1973 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Gamberale F., Svensson G., Andersson B. |
| Title |
Effect of anaesthetic gases on psychomotor functions in anaesthesist nurses |
| Original title |
Narkosgasers effekt på psykomotoriska funktioner hos narkossköterskor [in Swedish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Arbete och hälsa - vetenskaplig skriftserie, 1973:5, Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen, Fack, S-100 26 Stockholm 34, Sweden, 1973, 13p. 14 ref. Price: Swe-cr.6.OO. |
| Abstract |
20 anaesthetic nurses and 20 control nurses working in intensive care units were tested for reaction time and perceptual speed at the beginning and at the end of a work day. While the anaesthetic nurses were exposed to anaesthetic gases in their daily work, the control nurses worked in rooms in which they were not exposed to anaesthetics. No measurable impairment in reaction time and perceptual speed was detected in anaesthetic nurses as compared with the control group. However, intraindividual variation in one of the reaction time tests was found to be greater for anaesthetic nurses than for the control group at the end of the work day, but not 16 h after cessation of the exposure. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
anaesthetics; neurological effects; hospitals; perceptual-motor performance |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
inhalation anaesthetics; comparative study; reaction time; perceptual speed |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the nervous system
Health care services
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