Environmental Effects of Propofol Versus Sevoflurane for Maintenance Anesthesia

Alain Frederic Kalmar^{1

2}, Steffen Rex^{3

4}, Hugo Vereecke^{2

5}, An Teunkens^{3

4}, Geertrui Dewinter^{3

4}, Michel M R F Struys^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Electronics and Information Systems, IBiTech, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
² Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge AV, Bruges, Belgium.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.

Alain Frederic Kalmar et al. Anesth Analg. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 1;140(3):740-742.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007248. Epub 2024 Oct 16.

Alain Frederic Kalmar^{1

2}, Steffen Rex^{3

4}, Hugo Vereecke^{2

5}, An Teunkens^{3

4}, Geertrui Dewinter^{3

4}, Michel M R F Struys^{5

6}

¹ From the Department of Electronics and Information Systems, IBiTech, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
² Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge AV, Bruges, Belgium.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

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