A new study has found that greenhouse gas emissions from anesthetic gases have declined by 27% over the last 10 years, according to an April 3 report from Phys.org. A February study from Michigan ...

Anesthetic gas evaporators are devices attached to anesthesia machines that aid in the delivery of a specific concentration of volatile anesthetic chemical to the patient. Anesthesia gas evaporators ...

Approximately 3% of overall healthcare carbon emissions come from inhaled agents used during anesthesia. A new study from Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor has revealed that switching to less-polluting ...

Unlike most other drugs, chart review is not particularly useful for determining the amount of an inhaled anesthetic administered during a particular case because it is impossible to determine ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Doctors in San Francisco are at the forefront of a movement to replace the drugs used for general anesthesia, which have been determined to be contributing to our climate change ...

An analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from volatile anesthetic agents across 41 countries showed that Western nations have achieved significant reductions, but Asian countries continue to increase ...

Clinicians can reduce the amount of anesthetic gas, including nitrous oxide, used during procedures without negatively affecting patient care and help fight global warming, according to research ...

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 ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) deleted an article from its website this week highlighting research and comments from a doctor who advocates for reducing anesthetic gas in surgery to ...