When compressed gases, including nitrous oxide, expand, they can reach temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Eliminating access to nitrous oxide from the wall outlets in locations outside the OR is another option, but this could result in new risks and concerns. First, anesthesiologists would have to use ...

Convenient and legal access to these large tanks, combined with the short-lived high associated with nitrous oxide, creates what health experts say is a conflated sense of functionality compared ...

Inside the store, huge colorful tanks of nitrous oxide line the shelves. It comes in fruity flavors like aloe grape, banana cream and blueberry lemonade. The gas is as convenient to buy as a bag ...

The replacement of nitrous oxide cylinders and the risk of an empty tank also could create a new set of concerns. Administration of the wrong gas has also been attributed to connecting the patient's ...