Denver Health switched from centrally piped nitrous oxide to portable tanks to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas to ...

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

Denver Health is changing how its doctors administer nitrous oxide, a common anesthetic used to sedate people for surgeries, ...

Nitrous oxide, when purely synthesized ... it could be useful during surgeries. No form of anesthesia existed yet, so ...

Sedation anesthesia is used for minimally invasive surgeries (like broken bone repair or to diagnose abdominal issues ). It involves light or moderate sedation via an IV so that the patient breathes ...

Nitrous oxide, a common anesthetic, is among the most harmful environmentally harmful anesthetic gases. While several health systems have begun initiatives to reduce the use of nitrous oxide and ...

The use of general anesthetics show promise in treating depression and mood disorders, based on the results of a novel study.

Combined with another change Denver Health has made — swapping out another anesthesia gas called desflurane that is an especially potent greenhouse gas for something more climate-friendly — the switch ...

Ecologist Christina Biasi is exploring the conditions under which tiny organisms contribute to permafrost soils emitting nitrous oxide. Her research could be essential for the development of ...

The operating room is a major point of emissions, responsible for up to 40% of a hospital's greenhouse gas output, largely due to long-lasting anesthetic gasses like nitrous oxide, according to the ...

Denver Health is changing how its doctors administer nitrous oxide, a common anesthetic used to sedate people for surgeries, after realizing how much was being wasted. In the process, they're ...

It has a low acquisition cost. Nitrous oxide potency is too small to produce anesthesia by itself. Halothane is too soluble and poses a risk of severe hepatotoxicity. Desflurane, isoflurane ...