International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine. 2013;3(1):1-9.
Screening Indoor Threshold Levels of Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Toxicity among Hospital Health Care Professionals in Sandstorm
Ambient Air Pollution: Pulse CO-oximetry:Tehran-Iran;2011
Agin Kh
1
, Khodabandeh F
1
, Moinazad-Tehrani M
1
1
Heart and Lung Division, Loqman Hakeem Teaching General Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
ARTICLE INFO
A B S T R A C T
Article Type:
Original Article
Article History:
Received: 22 Nov 2012
Revised: 7 Dec 2012
Accepted: 20 Dec 2012
Keywords:
Air Pollution
Carbone Monoxide
Carboxyhemoglobin
Health Careprofessional
Pulse CO–Oximetry
Sandstorm
Toxicity
Background:Carbone’s monoxide is a poisoning gas and a
pollutant of ambient air. Sandstorm is episodic dust-laden that
reinforced CO toxicity levels in the environment. Hospital
healthcare professionals are the first line healthy system
organization and hospital workplace should be safe. The
objective of this study was to determine the threshold levels of
CO toxicity among hospital healthcare professionals in
thesandstorm ambient air pollution through pulse CO-oximetry
method.
Method: Participations recruited base on the designed protocol
and following inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Results:A total of 117 subjects enrolled with means age ± SD;
38.97±9.03 years. It ranged between 20-60 years. Of those, 68
subjects was female and 49 male. Mean level of
carboxyhemoglobin concentration (COHB %) was 2.52±3.40
SD,(P=0.03). 43% of sample study had CO toxicity upper than
the normal set point. COHB% level noticeably increased in
the female sex respect to male subgroups (χ =0.019).
Conclusion:The resultant’s study was indicated particularity in
female sex that a significant carboxyhemoglobin concentration
found an above- normal set point level among target of
population. As well as, threshold levels of CO toxicity in the
workplace setting were noticeably high. Intervals of toxicity
are nearby hazardous action level. The outcome of the study
should be considered as an alarm for the public health program
and presenting occult indoor CO poisoning.
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Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Pulse CO-oximetry
Please cite this paper as:AginKh, Khodabandeh F, Moinazad-Tehrani M.Screening Indoor
Threshold Levels of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Toxicity among Hospital Health Care Professionals in
Sandstorm Ambient Air Pollution: Pulse CO-oximetry:Tehran-Iran;2011.International Journal of
Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine.2013; 3(1):1-9.
1. Introduction:
Carbonemonoxide (CO) is a
tasteless,colorless, odorless and poisonous
gas. Itderived from incomplete combustion
*Corresponding author:Agin Kh, MD. Assistant
Professor of Medicine. Specialist in Internal
Medicine, Pulmonologist, Pulmonary Critical Care,
Head of Heart and Lung Division, Loqman Hakeem
Teaching General Hospital Shahid Beheshti
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: Agin@sbmu.ac.ir