[New challenges for anesthesia due to the climate change].

CONCLUSION: (I) Volatile anesthetics are highly potent greenhouse gases, especially desflurane has a major global warming potential. Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol or regional anesthetic techniques have a much lower impact on the climate. (II) Using sustainable energy sources as well as initiating energy sparing techniques, such as light-emitting diodes (LED) and motion sensors, can reduce CO2 emissions. (III) Waste can be managed by the reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink and research concept. Doctors should actively contribute to reach the climate goals. PMID: 32346776 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32346776?dopt=Abstract

Source: Der Anaesthesist - April 27, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Koch S, Pecher S Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research