Survey the relationship between chronic exposure to anesthetic gases and spontaneous abortion, fetal abnormalities

Introduction : The relationship between  exposure to waste anesthetic gases  and  harmful effects on health and pregnancy outcomes as health officials expressd concern, the aim of the study was determine the relationship between chronic exposure to the anesthetic gases and occurrence of spontaneous abortion as well as fetal abnormalities . Material ∞ Methods : A case- control study that in which two groups of operating room personnel and other personnel sectors were selected randomly from 6 hospitals in Ahvaz and samples of the two groups in terms of age, education,consanguinity,gender,work experience,number of children and hours of work were matched.the study uses data from a questionnaire that its validity through content validity and its reliability by test-retest measures were collected and data using spss software version 19,were analyzed. Finding :The study subjects (n = 40)  operating room personnel (n = 40) were the other staff . Spontaneous  abortion  rate of  30%  on operating room personnel and personnel in other departments was 15% that no significant differences were found between the two groups(P>0/05). And history of fetal abnormalities  in operating room personnel 17.5% and 7.5% of personnel in other sectors that  no significant differences were found  between the two groups(P>0/05). Conclusions :Based on the findings, no significant association between spontaneous abortion and fetal malformations and occupational exposure to anesthetic gases was observed. Keywords : Anesthesia gas, Spontaneous abortion, Fetal abnormalities