Effect of inhaled anesthetic gases on immune status alterations in health care workers.
February 22, 2021
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Journal of Immunotoxicology
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Emara AM, Alrasheedi KA, Alrashidi SD, Elgharabawy RM.
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18(1):13-22.
Conclusions
From the data of this study and the findings of other earlier studies, we can conclude that operating room personnel exposures to WAG are associated with changes in blood levels of IgG and IgM, total lymphocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ subtypes, and accordingly, in CD4:CD8 ratios. It is quite possible these changes would likely be associated with immune dysfunction in these WAG-exposed hosts. As it is not yet clear if this might be reflected as reduced host resistance and/or an increased r