Emerging technologies that reduce the economic and environmental costs of anaesthesia
have had limited assessment. We hypothesised that automated control of end-tidal gases, a …

Background Anaesthesia contributes substantially to the environmental impact of
healthcare. To reduce the ecological footprint of anaesthesia, a set of sustainability …

Background: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), also known as delayed
neurocognitive recovery (up to 30 days) and postoperative neurocognitive disorder (up to 12 …

Background In an era of medical cost containment, cost-effectiveness has become a major
focus in healthcare. The effect of a new policy on the use of low fresh gas flow during …

Sevoflurane and desflurane are the most commonly used volatile anaesthetics for
maintenance of anaesthesia. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between …

Background Awareness is an uncommon complication of anaesthesia, affecting 0· 1–0· 2%
of all surgical patients. Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring measures the depth of anaesthesia …

Objectives Due to its low solubility and negligible metabolism, desflurane is assumed to be
especially suitable for application by low-flow anaesthetic techniques. The aim of this clinical …

Background General anaesthesia is provided to more than 300 million surgical patients
worldwide, every year. It is administered either through total intravenous anaesthesia, using …

Healthcare reform has placed increasing pressure on anaesthetists to consider the costs of
current anaesthesia strategies. Although the cost of anaesthesia constitutes only a small …

Objective It was hypothesized that monitoring end-tidal sevoflurane (ETS) during
endoscopic surgery could reduce the incidence of intraoperative awareness in patients …