Suggested strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of anesthetic gases in the operating room

Can J Anaesth. 2022 Feb;69(2):269-270. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02120-0. Epub 2021 Oct 18.

Authors

Antonio Caycedo-Marulanda¹, Sanjiv Mathur²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Health Sciences North, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, Canada. Scns_mathur@icloud.com.

No abstract available

Keywords: anesthetic gases; carbon pricing; forcing functions.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anesthetics*
Anesthetics, Inhalation*
Carbon Footprint
Humans
Operating Rooms

Substances

Anesthetics
Anesthetics, Inhalation