Sustainability in anaesthesia and intensive care - an obligation to turn danger into opportunity

Affiliations

¹ From the Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund, Sweden (PB), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden (PB), Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund, Sweden (AT), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, Sweden (AT), Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund, Sweden (LB), Lund University Agenda 2030 Graduate School, Lund, Sweden (LH).

Editorial

Peter Bentzer et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 1;40(10):721-723.

doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001842. Epub 2023 Jun 20.

¹ From the Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund, Sweden (PB), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden (PB), Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund, Sweden (AT), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, Sweden (AT), Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund, Sweden (LB), Lund University Agenda 2030 Graduate School, Lund, Sweden (LH).

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