[HTML][HTML] Improving environmental sustainability of intensive care units: A mini-review

KC See - World Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The carbon footprint of healthcare is significantly impacted by intensive care units, which has
implications for climate change and planetary health. Considering this, it is crucial to …

Impact of climate change on dietary nutritional quality and implications for asthma and allergy

KN Carroll - Immunology and Allergy Clinics, 2024 - immunology.theclinics.com
Asthma and allergic disorders are common conditions in childhood 1–4 and are associated
with significant clinical and psychosocial morbidity and consequent substantial health care …

Reducing the carbon footprint of general anaesthesia: a comparison of total intravenous anaesthesia vs. a mixed anaesthetic strategy in 47,157 adult patients

M Bernat, A Boyer, M Roche, C Richard, L Bouvet… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming is a major public health concern. Volatile anaesthetics are greenhouse
gases that increase the carbon footprint of healthcare. Modelling studies indicate that total …

Environmental and economic impact of sustainable anaesthesia interventions: a single-centre retrospective observational study

G Gasciauskaite, J Lunkiewicz, M Tucci… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Anaesthesia contributes substantially to the environmental impact of
healthcare. To reduce the ecological footprint of anaesthesia, a set of sustainability …

Skills in total intravenous anaesthesia facilitate reduced volatile anaesthetic consumption

M Bernat, N Colombini, L Bouvet… - British Journal of …, 2023 - bjanaesthesia.org
EditordGlobal warming represents a major public health issue. 1 Between high-income
countries, the healthcare sector accounts for 3e10% of total national greenhouse gas …

Green nudges for sustainable anaesthetic practice: institutional support to make individual change easier.

J Parker, P Young, N Hodson, CL Shelton - Anaesthesia, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
For example, if desflurane vaporisers are kept on anaesthetic machines while target-
controlled infusion (TCI) pumps and TIVA administration sets are in short supply or kept in …

The environmental impacts of anesthesia

M Grunert, MF Hunt, M Decker - Current Opinion in Urology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
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[HTML][HTML] Effect of a non-reactive absorbent with or without environmentally oriented electronic feedback on anesthesia provider's fresh gas flow rates: A greening …

CE Guerra-Londono, F Dexter, JD Mitchell… - Journal of clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Study objective To examine the effects of a non-reactive carbon dioxide absorbent
(AMSORB® Plus) versus a traditional carbon dioxide absorbent (Medisorb™) on the FGF …

[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 …

Scoping review for the SAGES EAES joint collaborative on sustainability in surgical practice

B Huo, MMM Eussen, S Marconi, SM Johnson… - Surgical …, 2024 - Springer
Background Surgical care in the operating room (OR) contributes one-third of the
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in healthcare. The European Association of Endoscopic …