Carbon footprinting and environmental impact of gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures at a tertiary care institution: a prospective multi-dimensional assessment
This study highlights the significant environmental footprint of GIE procedures, emphasising the importance of optimising practices to reduce patient travel and repeat procedures, alongside improving electricity and water management for sustainable healthcare.
Authors
- Rakesh Kalapala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3203-7708)
- Anudeep Katrevula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4347-8314)
- Marco Bruno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-719X)
- Nitin Jagtap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3469-0164)
- Sundeep Lakhtakia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7562-8060)
- Rupjyoti Talukdar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4255-6651)
- Madhav Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8871-3627)
- Sana Fatima Memon
- Mohan Ramchandani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4656-5210)
- Hardik Rughwani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7579-9986)
- Prateek Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4695-8698)
- Sara Campos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4827-097X)
- D. Nageshwar Reddy
- Santosh Darisetty
- Guduru Venkat Rao
Institutions
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- University of Kansas (US)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Erasmus Hospital (BE)
- Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (IN)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Gut
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2024-332471
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.00