2024
Improving sustainability and mitigating the environmental impacts of anaesthesia and surgery: a narrative review
MacNeill A, Rizan C, Sherman J. Improving sustainability and mitigating the environmental impacts of anaesthesia and surgery: a narrative review. British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2024 PMID: 39237397, DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.05.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthy public policyPatient-centred careClinical care pathwayCare pathwaysPatient-centredHealth systemHealthcare servicesPerioperative servicesHealthcare resourcesProcess of patient selectionContinuum of perioperative careSurgical illnessNarrative reviewClinical decisionsPublic health damagePerioperative careCareHealthcareDelivery of anesthesiaHealthGlobal greenhouse gas emissionsRecovery periodPostoperative recovery periodGreenhouse gas emissionsProportion of air pollution
2021
Environmental emissions reduction of a preoperative evaluation center utilizing telehealth screening and standardized preoperative testing guidelines
Wang E, Zafar J, Lawrence C, Gavin L, Mishra S, Boateng A, Thiel C, Dubrow R, Sherman J. Environmental emissions reduction of a preoperative evaluation center utilizing telehealth screening and standardized preoperative testing guidelines. Resources Conservation And Recycling 2021, 171: 105652. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinic visitsPreoperative testingRetrospective cross-sectional analysisTesting guidelinesYale-New Haven HospitalElective spine surgeryPreoperative evaluation centerPreoperative evaluation processUnnecessary preoperative testsAnesthesiologists class IUnnecessary preoperative testingNew Haven HospitalPatients' health statusCross-sectional analysisElectronic health recordsPreoperative clinicPreoperative testsClinic evaluationSpine surgeryAnnual surgeriesUnnecessary testingHealthcare resourcesHealth statusPatient travelUrgent reduction