Desflurane, which has put patients to sleep for decades, has an outsized footprint, and health care providers are switching ...
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Anesthetic gas emissions have dropped by 27% in last decade, but there's room for improvement
Gases used in anesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by Lund University shows that ...
Washington state lawmakers are considering allocating $840,000 to the state’s Department of Ecology to study the impact of anesthesia gas on the environment. The department would be required to ...
CITYWIDE — AN IMPROVED OPTIMIZED USE OF ANESTHETIC GASES, such as nitrous oxide, has helped the city’s public health system achieve a 52% annual reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) emissions ...
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Anesthesia has a greenhouse gas problem. A few tweaks could give the climate some breathing room
Reducing the use of climate-warming inhaled gases can cut emissions associated with surgical anesthesia in half, according to ...
Approximately 3% of overall healthcare carbon emissions come from inhaled agents used during anesthesia. A new study from Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor has revealed that switching to less-polluting ...
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