SynthesisBritish journal of anaesthesia2025
Effects of departmental green anaesthesia interventions on carbon dioxide equivalent emissions: a systematic review.
Synthesis in British journal of anaesthesia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of departmental green anaesthesia interventions on carbon dioxide equivalent emissions: a systematic review.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Pooled it
- Extended Barrier Precautions vs Hand Hygiene Alone and Neonatal Sepsis in Intensive Care Patients: The BALTIC Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Sustainable anaesthesia: beyond carbon and towards system-level change.Anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Determinants of sustainable quality improvement for operating room clean air systems: a two-phase sequential qualitative study in Dutch hospitals.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Results and Future Perspectives of the Sustainable Anesthesia Project: A Large-Scale, Real-World Implementation Study at the Largest Spanish Private Healthcare Provider.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Recycling and Environmental Sustainability in Anesthesia Practice: Beyond Low‑Flow Anesthesia.Cureus · 2026Review
- Applying Abstract Text Mining as a Complement to PRISMA in Reviewing the Scope of Healthcare's Circular Economy Comment on "A Review of the Applicability of Current Green Practices in Healthcare Facilities".International journal of health policy and management · 2026Article
- Anaesthetic gas emissions in a tertiary hospital in Pakistan: Behavioural drivers versus technological solutions.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundAnaesthesia contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and can play a crucial role in reducing the carbon footprint of the global healthcare sector. The aim of this systematic review is to identify which departmental interventions influence estimated carbon dioxide (CO
methodsA systematic literature search was conducted through four major electronic databases (Cochrane Library, Embase, MEDLINE, and PubMed) for studies investigating the changes in CO
resultsOf 3987 screened studies, 13 met the criteria for quantitative synthesis and showed low to moderate risk of bias. The following types of departmental sustainability interventions were found: education of staff, decreased use of desflurane and sevoflurane, promotion of TIVA, use of low fresh gas flows, proper waste management, and formation of green teams. The postinterventional total mean decrease of CO
conclusionsOur analysis demonstrates the substantial CO
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