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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Patients say it feels like being trapped in a corpse: They awake during surgery, unable to move or scream. Some remember hearing their surgeons talk, and a few recall feeling intense pain. Subscribe ...

UC San Francisco Sustainability Director Gail Lee, REHS, MS, HEM, sat before her laptop and clicked open a file. At first, it didn't seem like much. Just one of a dozen medical supplies purchasing ...

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 ...