After careful research, the hospital changed its practices – and was able to eliminate nearly 500 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions last year alone. A pediatric anesthesiologist describes how ...

Washington state lawmakers are considering allocating $840,000 to the state’s Department of Ecology to study the impact of anesthesia gas on the environment. The department would be required to ...

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will phase out the use of anesthetic gas desflurane, according to an Oct. 24 report from Fox 56. Desflurane is a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential of ...

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 ...

Anesthesiologists can play a role in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming by decreasing the amount of anesthetic gas provided during procedures without compromising ...

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 ...

The use of desflurane, a common anesthetic, has been on the decline in recent years as healthcare institutions have begun to sunset it in response to environmental concerns, Inside Climate News ...

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 ...

Desflurane, which has put patients to sleep for decades, has an outsized footprint, and health care providers are switching to less-polluting alternatives.