Source avec lien : The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 63. 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.10.019
La pandémie de COVID, qui a provoqué des taux de mortalité élevés dans le monde entier, a principalement affecté l’environnement de travail des travailleurs de la santé. Des changements métaboliques et respiratoires se produisent chez les travailleurs de la santé travaillant avec des masques chirurgicaux.
Background The COVID pandemic, which has caused high mortality rates worldwide, has mainly affected the working environment of healthcare workers. Metabolic and respiratory changes occur in healthcare workers working with surgical masks. Objective Our aim is to identify the metabolic and respiratory problems faced by healthcare personnel working with surgical masks and to produce solutions to minimize them. Methods The study was conducted among emergency service workers who used surgical masks for at least 8 h in the emergency room between June 2020 and July 2020. Venous blood gas samples were taken from the health personnel participating in the study and their vital signs were checked. Result A total of 60 healthcare professionals with a mean age of 28.20 ± 6.30 years were included in the study. The distribution of men and women in the study was balanced with 30 (50.0%) men and 30 (50.0%) women. When the first and last vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, saturation) of the health workers participating in the study were examined, no statistically significant differences were found (p > 0.05). While there was no statistically significant difference in the Na, Chlorine, Ca values of metabolic indicators (p > 0.05), the first measurements of K (0.017) and Lactate (0.037) values were found to be higher than the last measurements (p > 0.05). The first measurements of the respiratory parameters pH (0.002), pCO2 (0.028), sO2 (0.045) and pO2 (0.048) were lower than the last measurements (p > 0.05). The first measurement value of pCO2 (0.028) was found to be higher than the last (p > 0.05). Conclusions Regular and long-term use of surgical masks does not harm the body metabolically and respiratorily.