Background Tackling the climate emergency is now a key target for the healthcare sector.
Avoiding inhalational anaesthesia is often cited as an important element of reducing …

BACKGROUND: Children are particularly vulnerable to adverse health outcomes related to
climate change. Inhalational anesthetics are potent greenhouse gasses (GHGs) and …

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 …

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 Although a high inspired oxygen fraction (FiO 2) is commonly used in paediatric
anaesthesia, the impact on postoperative lung function is unclear. We compared lung …

EditordIn their comment to the recent review article,'Environmental sustainability in
anaesthesia and critical care', 1 Slingo and Slingo 2 attempt to downplay calls to reduce …

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

Eeditorial the atmosphere. 15 They can account for 50% of surgical procedure life cycle
GHG emissions, 16, 17 and 5% of a health care facility's carbon footprint. The National …

Respiratory adverse events are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in
paediatric anaesthesia. Aside from predisposing conditions associated with an increased …

BACKGROUND: Inhaled halogenated anesthetics are responsible for half of operating room
total greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable anesthesia groups were set up in 4 Lyon …