Assessing the potential climate impact of anaesthetic gases
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Assessing the potential climate impact of anaesthetic gases. / Sulbaek Andersen, Mads Peter; Nielsen, Ole John; Sherman, Jodi D.
I: The Lancet Planetary Health, Bind 7, Nr. 7, 07.2023, s. e622-e629.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Assessing the potential climate impact of anaesthetic gases
AU - Sulbaek Andersen, Mads Peter
AU - Nielsen, Ole John
AU - Sherman, Jodi D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - There is increasing concern within the health-care community about the role care delivery plays in environmental degradation, sparking research into how to reduce pollution from clinical practice. Inhaled anaesthetics is a particular research area of interest for two reasons. First, several gases are potent greenhouse gases, and waste gas is mostly emitted directly to the environment. Second, there are options to reduce gas waste and substitute medications and procedures with fewer embodied emissions while delivering high-quality care. Performance improvements are contingent on a proper understanding of the emission estimates and climate metrics used to ensure consistent application in guiding mitigation strategies and accounting at various scales. We review the current literature on the environmental impact and the estimation of the potential climate forcing of common inhaled anaesthetic drugs: desflurane, sevoflurane, isoflurane, methoxyflurane, and nitrous oxide.
AB - There is increasing concern within the health-care community about the role care delivery plays in environmental degradation, sparking research into how to reduce pollution from clinical practice. Inhaled anaesthetics is a particular research area of interest for two reasons. First, several gases are potent greenhouse gases, and waste gas is mostly emitted directly to the environment. Second, there are options to reduce gas waste and substitute medications and procedures with fewer embodied emissions while delivering high-quality care. Performance improvements are contingent on a proper understanding of the emission estimates and climate metrics used to ensure consistent application in guiding mitigation strategies and accounting at various scales. We review the current literature on the environmental impact and the estimation of the potential climate forcing of common inhaled anaesthetic drugs: desflurane, sevoflurane, isoflurane, methoxyflurane, and nitrous oxide.
U2 - 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00084-0
DO - 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00084-0
M3 - Review
C2 - 37438003
AN - SCOPUS:85164512748
VL - 7
SP - e622-e629
JO - The Lancet Planetary Health
JF - The Lancet Planetary Health
SN - 2542-5196
IS - 7
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ID: 360322205