Desflurane was once favored by doctors because it leaves the body quickly, enabling patients to wake up within minutes of the anesthesia gas being turned off. But another inhaled anesthesia, ...

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Desflurane is a common anesthetic used in hospital operating rooms worldwide. It’s also a climate super pollutant. Now, several decades after the drug was first introduced, a growing number of U.S.

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SINGAPORE - Hospitals are switching to more environmentally friendly anaesthetic gases for patients undergoing operations. This is part of efforts by the public healthcare sector to go green as ...