[HTML][HTML] Environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and critical care

F McGain, J Muret, C Lawson, JD Sherman - British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2020 - Elsevier
The detrimental health effects of climate change continue to increase. Although health
systems respond to this disease burden, healthcare itself pollutes the atmosphere, land, and …

[HTML][HTML] Building sustainable and resilient surgical systems: a narrative review of opportunities to integrate climate change into national surgical planning in the …

RX Qin, L Velin, EF Yates, O El Omrani… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Five billion people lack access to surgical care worldwide; climate change is the biggest
threat to human health in the 21st century. This review studies how climate change could be …

Principles of environmentally‐sustainable anaesthesia: a global consensus statement from the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

SM White, CL Shelton, AW Gelb, C Lawson… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Earth's mean surface temperature is already approximately 1.1° C higher than pre‐
industrial levels. Exceeding a mean 1.5° C rise by 2050 will make global adaptation to the …

[HTML][HTML] Regional anaesthesia and COVID-19: first choice at last?

AJR Macfarlane, W Harrop-Griffiths… - British journal of …, 2020 - bjanaesthesia.org
Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has presented challenges to healthcare systems
around the world and will continue to do so for months and perhaps years. The threats that …

Ten years of the Helsinki Declaration on patient safety in anaesthesiology: an expert opinion on peri-operative safety aspects

B Preckel, S Staender, D Arnal, G Brattebø… - European Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Patient safety is an activity to mitigate preventable patient harm that may occur during the
delivery of medical care. The European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA)/European Union of …

Rethinking health professions' education leadership: Developing 'eco-ethical'leaders for a more sustainable world and future

J McKimm, M McLean - Medical Teacher, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this commentary, we discuss health professions' education (HPE) leadership in relation to
planetary health emergencies, suggesting that an 'eco-ethical leadership'approach is highly …

Sustainability, human rights, and environmental justice: Critical connections for contemporary social work

CA Hawkins - Critical Social Work, 2010 - ojs.uwindsor.ca
Social work has a long-standing tradition of emphasizing the interaction of people and their
environment, although this systems perspective has focused almost exclusively on the …

Environmentally sustainable perioperative medicine: simple strategies for anesthetic practice

P Maria-Alexandra, S Malherbe - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - search.proquest.com
Purpose This continuing professional development module aims to inform anesthesiologists
about the magnitude of healthcare-related waste and its contribution to global warming, as …

An EAACI review: Go green in health care and research. Practical suggestions for sustainability in clinical practice, laboratories, and scientific meetings

I Pali‐Schöll, K Hermuth‐Kleinschmidt, S Dramburg… - Allergy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Health care professionals (HCPs) and researchers in the health care sector dedicate their
professional life to maintaining and optimizing the health of their patients. To achieve this …

[HTML][HTML] Desflurane in modern anaesthetic practice: walking on thin ice (caps)?

CL Shelton, R Sutton, SM White - British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2020 - bjanaesthesia.org
Conclusions High-quality, double-blind RCTs, such as the PREVENTT trial, are the highest
standard for determining effectiveness of various medical and surgical interventions and can …