We also considered the depreciation of equipment (i.e., the desflurane vaporizer, TCI syringe drivers, and ventilator) to calculate the cost of individual use. This depreciation cost was ...

“We still keep one or two desflurane vaporizers so someone could use it if they really need it, but it is no longer at arm’s reach in every operating room,” he said. He believes this was ...

One gas in question is desflurane. Desflurane is 2,540 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Another problematic gas is nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide is 274 times more potent a ...

Desflurane is the most potent greenhouse gas found in hospitals, which are increasingly engaged in efforts to reduce their carbon footprint. Desflurane was once favored by doctors because it ...

The worst offender is the gas desflurane, one of the most commonly used inhalation anesthetics. It has a global warming potential 2,500 times greater than carbon dioxide, and persists in the ...

No evidence was identified to suggest that using desflurane instead of other general anaesthetic agents for maintenance of anaesthesia is associated with improved clinical or cost outcomes in people ...

The Quebec health network ought to stop using the gas desflurane for general surgical anesthesia, a government agency has suggested, because of its large carbon footprint. General anesthesia ...

Discover comprehensive details about Desflurane, including its pronunciation, uses, dosage instructions, indications, and guidelines on how and when to take it or avoid it. The updated ...

Scotland has become the first country in the world to stop its hospitals using the anaesthetic desflurane because of the threat it poses to the environment. NHS data suggests the gas, used to keep ...

The anesthetic desflurane traps 2,540 times more heat than carbon dioxide. Anesthesiologists at Seattle Children’s report cutting the impact of their anesthetic gases on the climate by 87% in ...

Penn Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently announced their decision to phase out usage of desflurane in anesthesia due to its environmental impact. Credit: Mehak Dhaliwal Penn ...

Desflurane has a marketing authorisation for induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia for inpatient and outpatient surgery in adults, and for the maintenance of anaesthesia in infants and ...