Don’t choose unsustainable anaesthetic techniques, materials/devices or behaviours.
Whenever possible, prefer regional anaesthesia over general anaesthesia. Prescribe and administer only drugs that are truly useful and necessary; prefer oral administration whenever possible. Limit the advance preparation of medications to what is strictly necessary,...
Don’t use high fresh gas flows; prefer low flows and the minimum effective oxygen concentration.
High fresh gas flows unnecessarily increase the consumption of halogenated anesthetic gases, thereby amplifying greenhouse gas emissions with a significant environmental impact. The administration of inhaled agents is now safer thanks to modern systems for monitoring...
Don’t use inhaled anesthetic agents with high global warming potential, such as desflurane and nitrous oxide.
Desflurane and nitrous oxide can be effectively replaced with equally efficient but less environmentally harmful inhaled anesthetics, or with alternative anesthetic techniques such as total intravenous anesthesia or regional anesthesia. Starting from January 1, 2026,...
Don’t wait until the pain is at its peak intensity to start treatment, but actively prevent it by setting up an appropriate basic therapy for as long as necessary.
Chronic pain is one of the major health problems and causes of disability. Therapies are not always able to modify the evolution of the painful pathology, therefore an early diagnosis and adequate symptomatic treatment are essential in order to prevent the onset of...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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