New protocols could cut emissions associated with surgical anesthesia in half—with no adverse effects on patient outcomes ...

The death of the former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar has drawn renewed attention towards nitrous oxide, the gas that was allegedly found next to his corpse.

During this time, surgeons routinely chose nurses to give anesthesia to patients. Fast forward to the early 20th century to Agatha Hodgins, a nurse who pioneered nitrous oxide anesthesia while ...

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 ...

The mechanism by which nitrous oxide produces depression in cell formation is not known but may be similar to that causing depression in the central nervous system, inducing analgesia, anesthesia ...

The findings culminate from The Green Anesthesia Initiative, launched at Michigan Medicine in March 2022 aimed to reduce the use of nitrous oxide, use less environmentally harmful inhaled ...

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 ...

Nitrous oxide was first synthesized in 1772. It is primarily used clinically as dental anesthesia. It is also used commercially in small balloons and other inflatables. But since the 1970s ...

At the heart of this progress are Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists/Anesthetists (CRNAs) -- advanced practice ...

The findings culminate from The Green Anesthesia Initiative, launched at Michigan Medicine in March 2022, which aimed to reduce the use of nitrous oxide, use less environmentally harmful inhaled ...