The anesthesiologist and global climate change: an ethical obligation to act

GA Van Norman, S Jackson - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
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Initiatives to broaden safety concerns in anaesthetic practice: the green operating room

H Beloeil, P Albaladejo - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The health sector is a major contributor to climate change through its large carbon footprint.
Hospitals are highly energy and resource intensive. Operating rooms (ORs) contribute to a …

Behavioural change interventions encouraging clinicians to reduce carbon emissions in clinical activity: a systematic review

C Batcup, M Breth-Petersen, T Dakin, A Barratt… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Clinical activity accounts for 70–80% of the carbon footprint of healthcare. A
critical component of reducing emissions is shifting clinical behaviour towards reducing …

Exploring anaesthetists' views on the carbon footprint of anaesthesia and identifying opportunities and challenges for reducing its impact on the environment

M Breth-Petersen, AL Barratt… - … and Intensive Care, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
A shift in practice by anaesthetists away from anaesthetic gases with high global warming
potential towards lower emission techniques (eg total intravenous anaesthesia) could result …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of low flow anesthesia on hemodynamic and peripheral oxygenation parameters in obesity surgery

M Öterkuş, İ Dönmez, AH Nadir… - Saudi Medical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: To investigate the effects of low-flow anesthesia on hemodynamic parameters
and recovery from anesthesia in obese individuals undergoing laparoscopic surgery …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change, sustainability and anesthesiology practice: A national survey among anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists in Norway

E Lindholm, J Hegde, C Saltnes… - The Journal of Climate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background In the face of climate change the health sector will need to tackle both the
increasing consequences for health worldwide and to reduce its own carbon footprint, which …

A Graphical Interface to Support Low-Flow Volatile Anesthesia: Implications for Patient Safety, Teaching, and Design of Anesthesia Information Management Systems

J Xie, M Jablonski, J Smith, A Navedo - Journal of Medical Systems, 2024 - Springer
In 2012, Boston Children's Hospital implemented iMDsoft's Metavision (Tel Aviv, Israel) as its
anesthesia information management system (AIMS) software. After its implementation, we …

Clinician and health service interventions to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions generated by healthcare: a systematic review

K Pickles, R Haas, M Guppy, DA O'Connor… - BMJ Evidence-Based …, 2024 - ebm.bmj.com
Objective To synthesise the available evidence on the effects of interventions designed to
improve the delivery of healthcare that reduces the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of …

Effect of real-time oxygen consumption versus fixed flow-based low flow anesthesia on oxygenation and perfusion: a randomized, single-blind study

MS Kurwe, HMR Karim, SK Singha… - Medical Gas …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Although low-flow anesthesia is widely used due to its various advantages, there are
concerns about potential and relative hypoxia. Furthermore, oxygen is also a drug with …

Precision in practice: An audit study on low-flow anesthesia techniques with desflurane and sevoflurane for cost-effective and sustainable care

GK Chowdappa, SI Iolov, KS Abuamra… - Saudi Journal of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods: This retrospective audit focused on 700 adult patients undergoing
elective surgeries with general anesthesia. Data sources included anesthesia records …