Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health has largely phased out its use of desflurane in anesthesia, according to a July 25 WHRO News report. Desflurane is a greenhouse gas used for anesthesia. It became ...
9. Other systems that have recently eliminated desflurane use include the University of California health system, Renton, Wash.-based Providence, Columbus-based OhioHealth, the University of Vermont ...
Many hospitals and health systems have begun cutting the use of certain inhaled anesthetics due to their greenhouse gas emissions, and a teaching hospital in Europe recently found a potential ...
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Anesthetic gas emissions have dropped by 27% in last decade, but there's room for improvement
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 ...
CITYWIDE — AN IMPROVED OPTIMIZED USE OF ANESTHETIC GASES, such as nitrous oxide, has helped the city’s public health system achieve a 52% annual reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) emissions ...
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Anesthesia has a greenhouse gas problem. A few tweaks could give the climate some breathing room
Reducing the use of climate-warming inhaled gases can cut emissions associated with surgical anesthesia in half, according to ...
A study of 1M+ dental procedures using deep sedation or general anesthesia in British Columbia (1984--2019) found only three anesthesia-related deaths, all in the 1980s due to improper drill use, and ...
Local anesthesia numbs a part of your body so that your doctor can stitch up a wound or take a biopsy without you feeling any pain. Unlike general anesthesia, where you are put to sleep during a ...
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