Greenhouse gas emissions associated with halogenated anaesthetics: the current European landscape

Br J Anaesth. 2024 Apr 26:S0007-0912(24)00196-X. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.03.037. Online ahead of print.

¹ Crimedim - Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy; Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy. Electronic address: marta.caviglia@med.uniupo.it.
² Hospital Pharmacy AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy.
³ Italian Medicines Agency, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Public Health Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
⁵ Crimedim - Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy; Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.

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Keywords: desflurane; environmental impact; greenhouse gas emissions; halogenated ethers; public health; sustainability; volatile anaesthetics.

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