Assessing the potential climate impact of anaesthetic gases

MPS Andersen, OJ Nielsen… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Inhaled anaesthetics is a particular research … gases are potent greenhouse gases, and
waste gas is mostly emitted directly to the environment. Second, there are options to reduce gas

The science of climate change and the effect of anaesthetic gas emissions

JM Slingo, ME Slingo - Anaesthesia, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… to make informed choices founded on climate … of volatile anaesthetic gases, and that it is
the atmospheric concentration and radiative forcing of individual greenhouse gases that matter, …

Inhalational anaesthetics, ozone depletion, and greenhouse warming: the basics and status of our efforts in environmental mitigation

R Lopes, C Shelton… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
volatile anaesthetic agents act as ‘greenhouse gases’. In the UK, it has been estimated that
the emission of inhaled anaestheticchoices we make when selecting a volatile inhalational …

Inhaled anesthetics: environmental role, occupational risk, and clinical use

M Gaya da Costa, AF Kalmar, MMRF Struys - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
… burden on the future greenhouse effect [25]. The GWP of an … process for the choice of and
use of inhaled anesthesia. At the … for healthcare professionals are still a matter of concern in …

Environmentally Sustainable Anesthesia to Minimize Risks from Climate Change: a Societal Imperative or too Lofty a Goal?

H Saadat, VT Raman - Current Anesthesiology Reports, 2023 - Springer
… The use of volatile anesthetics accounts for 5% of greenhouse gas … Medical professionals
are responsible for making environmentally conscious choices regarding medications, supplies…

New challenges for anesthesia due to the climate change

S Koch, S Pecher - Der Anaesthesist, 2020 - Springer
… (I) Volatile anesthetics are highly potent greenhouse gases, especially desflurane has a …
Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol or regional anesthetic techniques have a …

Lighting a candle, or cursing the darkness? Delivering a climate friendly anaesthetic

J Skowno, A Weatherall - Journal of paediatrics and child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… and volatile anaesthetics and nitrous oxide being particularly effective greenhouse gases,
anaesthetists can … -level choice in anaesthesia is one of many areas we can have surprisingly …

Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Anesthesia: Low-Flow Anesthesia and Other Techniques.

LS McGowan - AANA journal, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
… of our specialty’s contribution to greenhouse gases and each gas’s different environmental …
the greenhouse effects from volatile anesthetics, review how anesthetic choices can

Desflurane should des-appear: global and financial rationale

MJ Meyer - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2020 - journals.lww.com
… desflurane as a routine option for general anesthesia. There is … Foremost, desflurane is a
potent greenhouse gas and this … underestimation of volatile anesthesia greenhouse gas impact…

Sustainability in anaesthesia

K Einset, T Aitken, P McConnell - Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
… years to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid global … The volatile
anaesthetic agents desflurane and nitrous … offer the option of destroying expired anaesthetic