Inhaled anesthetics have been in clinical use for over 150 years and are still commonly used
in daily practice. The initial view of inhaled anesthetics as indispensable for general …

With an estimated worldwide volume of 266 million surgeries in 2015, the call for general
inhalation anesthesia is considerable. However, widely used volatile anesthetics such as N …

For several decades, anesthetic gases have greatly enhanced the comfort and outcome for
patients during surgery. The benefits of these agents have heavily outweighed the risks. In …

General anesthetics are administered to approximately 50 million patients each year in the
United States. Anesthetic vapors and gases are also widely used in dentists' offices …

Climate change is a real and accelerating existential danger. Urgent action is required to
halt its progression, and everyone can contribute. Pollution mitigation represents an …

Modern anaesthesia is still mostly administered by the inhalational route and there is
increasing concern over its potential for pollution. One of the first gaseous anaesthetic …

Purpose Climate change is a global threat, and inhalational anesthetics contribute to global
warming by altering the photophysical properties of the atmosphere. On a global …

BACKGROUND: Inhaled anesthetics are recognized greenhouse gases. Calculating their
relative impact during common clinical usage will allow comparison to each other and to …

BACKGROUND: Anesthesiologists must consider the entire life cycle of drugs in order to
include environmental impacts into clinical decisions. In the present study we used life cycle …

Global warming refers to an average increase in the earth′ s temperature, which in turn
causes changes in climate. A warmer earth may lead to changes in rainfall patterns, a rise in …