Desflurane's Effect on the Environment: Climate and Much More …

Affiliations

¹ St Mary's Hospital, Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Lyndia.dernis.med@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
² St Mary's Hospital, Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hôpital Nord, Aix Marseille University Marseille, France.

Lyndia Dernis et al. Anesth Analg. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 1;141(4):e56-e57.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007668. Epub 2025 Aug 4.

¹ St Mary's Hospital, Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Lyndia.dernis.med@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
² St Mary's Hospital, Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hôpital Nord, Aix Marseille University Marseille, France.

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