Gases used in anesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by Lund University shows that ...
A new study from the University of Nottingham has looked at how the anesthetic gases breathed out by animal patients are released into the atmosphere and contribute to global warming. The study, an ...
Inhaled anesthetics punch well above their weight when it comes to generating greenhouse gases, so the specialty of anesthesiology has been trying to reduce its reliance on the most egregious of these ...
Dr. Peggy Allen is a pediatric anesthesiologist and the anesthesiology sustainability program director at Akron Children's Hospital. The hospital has reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Electronic Medical ...
Reducing the use of climate-warming inhaled gases can cut emissions associated with surgical anesthesia in half, according to ...