Pollution*: just a whiff of gas?.....

Sharples, Andrew

doi:10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01073.x

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“…In this UK survey, 73% of paediatric anaesthetists reported they frequently used nitrous oxide during gaseous induction of anaesthesia in children and 80% frequently do so with an open circuit. In a survey conducted in New Zealand and reported by Sharples in an editorial on the use of nitrous oxide in paediatric anaesthetic practice [19], approximately 60% of respondents used a nitrous oxide : oxygen mixture as their standard for gaseous induction. In addition, 50% of New Zealand public hospitals had not conducted environmental monitoring of anaesthetic waste gases in the last 4 years.…”

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The use of nitrous oxide in paediatric anaesthetic practice in the United Kingdom: a questionnaire survey*

Sheraton

Gildersleve²,

Hall

2006

Anaesthesia

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SummaryNitrous oxide pollution is common in paediatric anaesthetic practice. A questionnaire was sent to all UK members of the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists requesting details of three areas of their paediatric practice relating to nitrous oxide: attitudes to its use; current usage; and availability of alternatives. Replies were received from 296 (68%) consultants. Of these, 169 (57%) stated that their use of nitrous oxide had decreased over the last 5 years. One hundred and fifty-eight (54%) considered theatre pollution a problem in paediatric anaesthesia. One hundred and sixty-nine (57%) reported that in normal circumstances potential deleterious effects on patients influenced their use of nitrous oxide, whilst only 70 (24%) felt potential effects on staff influenced usage. Fifty-five (18%) felt there should be some restriction in the availability of nitrous oxide.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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The use of nitrous oxide in paediatric anaesthetic practice in the United Kingdom: a questionnaire survey*

Sheraton

Gildersleve²,

Hall

2006

Anaesthesia

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“…Lack of pollution has been cited as one of the benefits of TIVA. Of all the volatile agents examined, halothane was found to be mutagenic in certain in vitro tests and metabolized to reactive intermediates that covalently bind to cellular macro molecules (12) and nitrous oxide has been implicated in interfering in vitamin B12 metabolism with evidence of genuine risk in health workers (13). Nitrous oxide is also a potent greenhouse gas and the medical proportion of nitrogen oxide emission is a significant amount of the global total (14).…”

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Update on TIVA

Eyres

2004

Pediatric Anesthesia

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Recent developments of proton‐transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR‐MS) and its applications in medical research

Zhan

Duan

2012

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

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Proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) allows for real-time, on-line determination of absolute concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with a high sensitivity and low detection limits (in the pptv range). The technique utilizes H₃O⁺ ions for proton-transfer reactions with many common VOCs while having little to no reaction with any constituents commonly present in air. Over the past decades, research has greatly improved the applications and instrumental design of PTR-MS. In this article, we give an overview of the development of PTR-MS in recent years and its application in medical research. The theory of PTR-MS and various methods for discriminating isobaric VOCs are also described. We also show several specialized designs of sample inlet system, some of those may make PTR-MS suitable for the detection of aqueous solution and/or non-volatile samples.

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Pollution*: just a whiff of gas?.....

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

The use of nitrous oxide in paediatric anaesthetic practice in the United Kingdom: a questionnaire survey*

The use of nitrous oxide in paediatric anaesthetic practice in the United Kingdom: a questionnaire survey*

Update on TIVA

Recent developments of proton‐transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR‐MS) and its applications in medical research

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