Interestingly, there was already a 52.1% reduction in emissions in the year preceding the study. The study highlighted the importance of addressing the environmental impact of volatile anaesthetics ...

Objectives We compared early recovery outcomes between living kidney donors who received total intravenous (IV) propofol versus inhalational desflurane during hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy.

Conclusion: Meta-analysis of studies in which the duration of anesthesia was up to 3.1 hours indicated that patients receiving either desflurane or sevoflurane did not have significant differences ...

It provides clarity to clinicians and systems in the NHS in England regarding the limited, permitted use of desflurane from 1 April 2024 onwards. The Association of Anaesthetists and the Royal College ...

Inspiratory and end-tidal concentrations were detected using an infrared analyzer. Femoral arterial blood and pulmonary artery mixed venous blood were sampled to determine desflurane concentrations by ...

In absolute terms, the quantity of desflurane released by hospitals is tiny. But it has high global warming potential—over 2500 times greater than carbon dioxide.1 Experts say other less polluting ...

Neutrophil migration is critical to the initiation and resolution of inflammation. Macrophage-1 antigen (Mac-1; CD11b/CD18, αMβ2) is a leukocyte integrin essential for firm adhesion to endothelial ...