[Pollution by nitrous dioxide during diagnostic laparoscopy interventions].
Here we have outlined the data relative to an environmental survey carried out in a laparoscopy clinic at the hospital of Padua, to determine the environmental concentration of nitrous dioxide (N2O) used for intra-abdominal inflation during diagnostic laparoscopy interventions. The data obtained have revealed cases of considerable N2O environmental pollution. This above all, due to spontaneous loss of gas during the intervention and to the lack of adequate ventilation systems.
Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli Studi di Padova.
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D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000032:analysis*
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D009609:Nitrous Oxide
Inquinamento da protossido d'azoto durante interventi di laparoscopia diagnostica.