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    Dr. Brian Chesebro (right), in Portland, Ore., has calculated that by simply using the anesthesia gas sevoflurane in most surgeries, instead of the similar gas desflurane, he can significantly cut the amount of global warming each procedure contributes t
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    Effects Of Surgery On A Warming Planet: Can Anesthesia Go Green?

    May 06, 2019
    Anesthesia revolutionized surgery by vanquishing patients' pain. But many of the chemicals are greenhouse gases. One Oregon doctor who has done the math says some are much less damaging to the planet.
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    The Poetic Intimacy Of Administering Anesthesia

    Apr 16, 2017
    An anesthesiologist and poet says her medical work is well-suited to poetry, as patients move in and out of consciousness under the doctor's watch.
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    Pre-oxygenation for general anesthesia
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    Pay, But Not Equity, Improves For Female Anesthesiologists

    Sep 18, 2015
    Anesthesiologists make a lot of money. But female anesthesiologists make much than their male counterparts, a RAND study finds. It's the latest evidence of a persistent pay gap in health care.
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