Financial and Environmental Cost Comparisons

Setting A

 
Room:
Time:
Date:
 
Oxygen:
(L)
Air:
 (L)
Nitrous:
 (L)  
 
Sevo:
(mL)
Iso:
 (mL)
Des:
(mL)  
 
     
 
 
     
   

Financial Costs
Oxygen $   Air $                
Sevo $   Iso $   Des $   Nitrous $    
                  Total of financial costs:
Environmental Costs: (Kg of carbon dioxide over 20 years)
Equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (CDE) over 20 years. References below.
Sevo   Iso   Des   Nitrous    
            Total CDE over 20 years


Equivalent Impact:
Number of miles an average car would have to travel to produce the same amount of carbon dioxide to match the CDE20 emissions from the anesthetics listed above. (Harriet W. Hopf, ASA presentation).
Sevo   Iso   Des          
                  Miles Total
                         

Setting B

 
Room:
Time:
Date:
 
Oxygen:
(L)
Air:
 (L)
Nitrous:
 (L)  
 
Sevo:
(mL)
Iso:
 (mL)
Des:
(mL)  
 
     
 
 
     
   

Financial Costs
Oxygen $   Air $                
Sevo $   Iso $   Des $   Nitrous $    
                  Total of financial costs:
Environmental Costs: (Kg of carbon dioxide over 20 years)
Equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (CDE) over 20 years. References below.
Sevo   Iso   Des   Nitrous    
            Total CDE over 20 years


Equivalent Impact:
Number of miles an average car would have to travel to produce the same amount of carbon dioxide to match the CDE20 emissions from the anesthetics listed above. (Harriet W. Hopf, ASA presentation).
Sevo   Iso   Des          
                  Miles Total
                         
References:

Andersen, M. P. S., et al. (2012). "Assessing the Impact on Global Climate from General Anesthetic Gases." Anesthesia & Analgesia 114(5): 1081-1085.

Ryan, S. M. and C. J. Nielsen (2010). "Global warming potential of inhaled anesthetics: application to clinical use." Anesthesia and analgesia 111(1): 92-98.