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Please stop using nitrous oxide in routine clinical practice (comment on: Use of nitrous oxide in contemporary anesthesia—an ongoing tug of war)

Authors: Christian Hönemann, MD, Se-Chan Kim, MD

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 2/2022

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Title: Please stop using nitrous oxide in routine clinical practice (comment on: Use of nitrous oxide in contemporary anesthesia—an ongoing tug of war)
Authors: Christian Hönemann, MD
Se-Chan Kim, MD
Publication date: 01-02-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Anesthetics
Remifentanil
Nitrous Oxide
Anesthetics
Climate Change
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-021-02136-6

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