Evaluation of respiratory function in healthcare workers wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorCebecioglu, Ismail Kivanc
dc.contributor.authorDemirtas, Erdal
dc.contributor.authorTekin, Yusuf Kenan
dc.contributor.authorKorkmaz, Ilhan
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-26T18:08:05Z
dc.date.available2024-10-26T18:08:05Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentSivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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 meta-bolic 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.(c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ajem.2022.10.019
dc.identifier.endpage109
dc.identifier.issn0735-6757
dc.identifier.issn1532-8171
dc.identifier.pmid36334411
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85141232658
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage106
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2022.10.019
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/29788
dc.identifier.volume63
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000926376700004
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherW B Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Journal of Emergency Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCorona infection
dc.subjectSurgical mask
dc.subjectBlood gas parameters
dc.titleEvaluation of respiratory function in healthcare workers wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.typeArticle

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