Key result
Low-flow anesthesia is an economical and environmentally sustainable technique that can reduce anesthetic gas consumption by up to 70% while minimizing operating theater pollution.
Why the study?
Low-flow anaesthesia is underused due to difficulties calculating accurate MAC values, but awareness of theatre pollution and the high cost of inhalational agents has renewed interest in its implementation.
Low-flow anesthesia is an economical and environmentally sustainable technique that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and operating theater pollution.
May support trialing low-flow anesthesia for sustainability; leaves open need for prospective trials before practice change.
Low -flow anaesthesia is a technique that employs a fresh gas flow that is less than the alveolar ventilation. It is one of the best under used modalities of delivering general anesthesia which had not gained much acceptance until now due to difficulty in calculation of accurate MAC values. However, with increasing awareness of the dangers of theatre pollution with trace amounts of the anaesthetic agents and the prohibitively high cost of the new inhalational agents, have helped in the rediscovery of low -flow anaesthesia. [1] Therefore time has come for new age anesthetists to use this technique to ensure that they also participate in reducing green house gases, environment pollutants and contribute to a cleaner and greener planet. This article not only explains various methods of LFA but also how the implementation of this technique improved patient outcome in our institution.
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Saurabh Sharma (2023) conducted a review in General anesthesia. Low-flow anesthesia was evaluated. Low-flow anesthesia is an economical and environmentally sustainable technique that can reduce anesthetic gas consumption by up to 70% while minimizing operating theater pollution.
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