Gases used in anesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, can potentially transform treatment for tough-to-beat depression. This centuries-old anesthetic gas targeted specific brain cells in mice and quickly ...