Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Electrocautery Smoke during Peritonectomy Procedures

Table 2

GM and GSD (ng/m³) of PAH in 40 peritonectomy procedures.

PAH	GM	GSD
Benzo[a]anthracene P/S	0.14/0.14	±2.68/±2.51
Benzo[a]pyrene P/S	0.13/0.16	±2.43/±2.92
Benzo[b]fluoranthene P/S	0.16/0.21	±3.20/±3.83
Benzo[k]fluoranthene P/S	0.14/0.16	±3.14/±3.06
Chrysene/triphenylene P/S	0.15/0.34	±3.31/±6.00
Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene P/S	0.11/0.13	±1.88/±2.95
Indenol[1,2,3-cd]pyrene P/S	0.12/0.12	±2.25/±1.96
Acenaphthene P/S	0.49/6.24	±8.46/±5.64
Acenaphthylene P/S	0.34/14.63	±5.87/±5.71
Anthracene P/S	0.11/0.35	±1.94/±5.40
Benzo[ghi]perylene P/S	0.12/0.16	±2.15/±3.10
Phenanthrene P/S	4.07/6.27	±3.16/±5.17
Fluoranthene P/S	0.19/0.58	±3.99/±7.02
Fluorene P/S	0.90/5.18	±7.07/±6.15
Naphthalene P/S	63.41/178.66	±2.20/±9.32
Pyrene P/S	0.15/0.50	±3.18/±6.84

PAH: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, P: personal sampling, S: stationary sampling, GM: geometric mean, GSD: geometric standard deviation.