CITYWIDE — AN IMPROVED OPTIMIZED USE OF ANESTHETIC GASES ... carbon dioxide — the equivalent of taking approximately 1,100 gas-powered cars off the roads. The mitigation of CO₂e emissions ...

NYC Health + Hospitals has reduced annual anesthesia-related carbon emissions 52% systemwide by curbing the use of nitrous oxide — a common anesthetic and highly potent greenhouse gas. The initiative ...

NYC Health + Hospitals has reduced carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in its anesthesia practices systemwide by 52% since 2022. The system reached the milestone by deactivating the use of central ...

Convicted murderer David Pearce reportedly repeated the chilling phrase, "Dead girls don't talk," during his investigation.

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

Recently, we learned that an oxygen flow meter had been forced into a nitrous oxide wall outlet that was directly adjacent to an oxygen outlet in a radiology suite. The oxygen flow meter's index ...

CLIMATE RESILIENCE: New York City Health + Hospitals has cut its carbon emissions related to anesthesia products in half due to changes in operating room practices that halt leakage of harmful gases, ...

While the eighth amendment states that prisoners should not be subjected to 'cruel and unusual punishment', botched ...

As judges weigh the limits of medical exceptions, Idaho’s abortion ban is being tested — in courts, hospitals and patients’ ...

Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much as 5% of all cancers annually. This is comparative to the cancer risk from ...

Combining time-tested design concepts with the comfort and utility of modern digital technology, it's an anesthesia workstation ... so there is no need for drive gas. All major ventilation modes ...