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  • Environmental Science
  • Anesthesiology
  • Healthcare Sustainability

Background:

  • Healthcare contributes significantly to global carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions.
  • Hospitals represent a substantial portion of healthcare's environmental footprint.
  • Targeted carbon reduction strategies in pediatric anesthesia are crucial for mitigating environmental harm.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify evidence-based targets for carbon reduction in pediatric anesthesia.
  • To guide meaningful reductions in healthcare-related environmental harm.
  • To review strategies for minimizing the environmental impact of anesthetic practices.

Main Methods:

  • A narrative review was performed, synthesizing data on anesthetic agents, perioperative workflows, waste, and hospital energy systems.
  • Quantitative CO2e estimates were integrated where available.
  • The review focused on identifying actionable strategies for carbon reduction.

Main Results:

  • Preoperative strategies like early assessment and telehealth consultations offer carbon savings.
  • Avoiding nitrous oxide and desflurane provides the largest individual intraoperative reductions.
  • Institutional changes, such as decommissioning gas pipelines and optimizing HVAC systems, yield the most significant carbon reductions.

Conclusions:

  • Pediatric anesthetists can reduce environmental harm while maintaining patient care quality.
  • Individual choices, like avoiding desflurane and nitrous oxide, are impactful.
  • Coordinated institutional and systems-level changes are essential for sustainable, large-scale emissions reductions.