Neonatal exposure to sevoflurane induces abnormal social behaviors and deficits in fear conditioning in mice

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Effect of dexmedetomidine on sevoflurane-induced neurodegeneration in neonatal rats.

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The impact of sevoflurane anesthesia on postoperative renal function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials.

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The future is now—it’s time to rethink the application of the Global Warming Potential to anesthesia

All volatile anesthetic agents are fluorocarbons and variably potent greenhouse gases (GHG).1 As a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), isoflurane also has ozone depleting potential (as does nitrous oxide [N2O]), while sevoflurane and desflurane, being hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), do not.1 The global emission of HFCs increased 128% from 1990 to 2005 and is projected by 2030 to increase a […]