Anaesthesia Conduction, Carbon Footprint in Anesthetic, Paediatric and Adult Patients
Conditions
Brief summary
In response to the climate crises, Societies of Anaesthesiology around the globe call for action to reduce the carbon footprint of daily clinical work. They recommend the use of regional and total intravenous anaesthesia, and for inhalational anaesthesia cases, the use of sevoflurane with low fresh gas flow (FGF \< 0.5 lpm) settings. Surprisingly, the type of anaesthesia and ventilation settings commonly used remain largely unknown. This pragmatic observational cross-sectional assessment at all anaesthesia workstations in participating European hospitals in daily routine aims to evaluate anaesthesia practices in the paediatric and adult patient population.
Interventions
OTHERAnaesthesia technique
Observation of type of anaesthesia used in Europe
Sponsors
European Society of Anaesthesiology
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All patients receiving any form of anaesthesia care-whether general or regional anaesthesia, monitored sedation, or monitoring only-from an anaesthetist at an anaesthesia workstation in participating European hospitals during the selected data-collection recruitment period
Exclusion criteria
* Patients (or legal guardians) who decline consent and patients for whom valid informed consent cannot be obtained due to language barriers or other factors preventing adequate information and understanding.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Type of anaesthesia (inhalational and intravenous general anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, sedation, combinations, monitoring only) | 5-60 min after the skin incision | The type of anaesthesia (inhalational and intravenous general anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, sedation, combinations, or monitoring only) will be recorded by a trained team member collecting data perioperatively 5-60 minutes after skin incision or start of procedure, respectively. In the event that the anaesthetic approach changes intraoperatively, only the technique recorded at that time point will be used for analysis. Any local anaesthetic infiltration performed by the anaesthetist will be classified as regional anaesthesia, whereas if the surgeon alone administers local anaesthetic, this will not be classified by regional anaesthesia. |
Outcome results
None listed