[Hepatologic parameters in health personnel after several years of occupational exposure to anesthetic gases].
The aim of this study was to indicate necessity of establishing sensitive methods for early detection of hepatobiliary tract disorders after exposure of medical staff to anesthetic gases, as well as to follow-up working conditions in operating rooms. The examined group comprised the medical staff of the Surgical Department of the Institute of Surgery in Novi Sad. In the group of examinees levels of bilirubin in blood were increased; prevalent increase of the indirect bilirubin occurred too, while she increase of the direct bilirubin concentration was almost insignificant. Alanine aminotransferase concentration was slightly increased in the examined group, while aspartate aminotransferase reacted in much more expressed concentration increase. On the basis of gathered results it can be concluded that there are, for now, slight functional hepatic changes in the exposed workers, which may be the consequence of exposure to anesthetic gases.