Removal of nitrous oxide in locations outside of the OR could contribute to two different standards of anesthesia care." Separating nitrous oxide and oxygen wall outlets is one option, but it may ...

Which receptors mediate anesthesia remains unclear ... for inhaled anesthetics vary from a low of about 0.45 for nitrous oxide and desflurane and 0.65 for sevoflurane to 1.4 for isoflurane ...

NYC Health + Hospitals has reduced carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in its anesthesia practices systemwide by 52% since 2022. The system reached the milestone by deactivating the use of central ...

Reducing the use of climate-warming inhaled gases can cut emissions associated with surgical anesthesia in half, according to ...

Although the Montreal Protocol has provided relief, anthropogenic emissions of another substance, nitrous oxide, are set to dominate ozone destruction. Figure 1: Influence of greenhouse-gas ...

have fully deactivated the use of central nitrous oxide (N₂O) in their anesthesia practices. Across the public health system, the collective reductions in CO₂e emissions is a result of ...

NYC Health + Hospitals has reduced annual anesthesia-related carbon emissions 52% systemwide by curbing the use of nitrous oxide — a common anesthetic and highly potent greenhouse gas. The initiative ...

His first efforts, using nitrous oxide, proved unsuccessful. Diethyl ether worked much better-and not just for tooth extraction. Local nurse has treatment for anesthesia sickness On October 16 ...

People have misused nitrous oxide – also called whippets – for decades to get a fleeting high, but the long-term effects of misusing the gas are potentially deadly. The FDA recently warned ...

Once called "hippie crack," nitrous oxide is making a comeback. Last week, the FDA warned about its dangers, and health officials say teens and young adults are increasingly abusing the drug.

Months later, Bryar’s autopsy raised a possible contributing factor in his death — three canisters of nitrous oxide found next to his corpse, with tubing for inhalation still attached.

Ashley Weir began using nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, in 2020 after being introduced to it while working at a restaurant. Her mum, Carissa Garabedian, explained how the 30-year-old ...