BeSARPP (Belgian Society of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation, Perioperative medicine and Pain management) recommendations on responsible and sustainable use of inhaled anesthetics: NO time TO WASTE
Published online: Dec 21 2023
https://doi.org/10.56126/74.4.24
J. Hendrickx*1, A. Kalmar*2, V. Bonhomme3, M. Coppens4, l. de Baerdemaeker4, S. De Hert4, P-Y. Dewandre5, l. Foubert6, J. Grieten7, P. Kapessidou8, T. Pirotte9, S. Rex10, V. Saldien11, D. Schmartz12, l. Sermeus9, M. Van de Velde10, D. Vanhonacker11, P. Wouters4, M. Momeni9
*These authors have contributed equally to this work.
1 Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Anesthesiology, UZLeuven, Leuven, Belgium & Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Anesthesiology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium
2 Department of Electronics and Information Systems, IBiTech, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge Oostende, Bruges, Belgium
3 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Liege University Hospital, Liege, Belgium; Anesthesia and Perioperative Neuroscience Laboratory, GIGA-Consciousness Thematic Unit, GIGA-Research, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
4 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
5 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Liege University Hospital, Liege, Belgium
6 Department of Anesthesiology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium. Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
7 Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
8 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
9 Department of Anesthesiology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc; Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium
10 Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven
11 Department of Anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussesl), Brussels, Belgium
12 Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles – Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Following up on the successful BeSARPP annual meeting on sustainability in anesthesia held on November 2022, the Board Members of BeSARPP met to draft recommendations regarding the use of inhaled anesthetics, that would help anesthesiologists decrease the professional environmental impact of their daily practice in the operating room. This manuscript discusses the rationale for these recommendations. The major premise was none of these should compromise patient safety or the level of care we provide to our patients. For measures beyond those addressing the use of inhaled anesthetics, the reader is referred to other recommendations that can decrease the environmental footprint of anesthesia and perioperative care in general1.
