Environmental impact of anaesthesia
The climate footprint of volatile anaesthetics and nitrous oxide.
Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 3, 4, 4, 6, 6.
All papers from the last 12 months
576 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Association between the EU desflurane phase-out and secondary market vaporizer prices: An observational time-series analysisJ Anesth Transl Med2026 DecPMID 42741600
- Identifying causal pathways and risk-decision rules for nitrous oxide emission hot moments in wastewater treatment plants using probabilistic causal machine learningBioresour Technol2026 DecPMID 42603571
- Decoupling nitrous oxide emissions from carbon footprint in full-scale completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite process: key drivers and sustainability assessmentBioresour Technol2026 DecPMID 42476379
- Environmental impact of anesthetic gasesMed Gas Res2026 Dec 1PMID 41575019Review
- Beyond climate: the emerging physiological roles of methane and nitrous oxideMed Gas Res2026 Dec 1PMID 41537524
- Operational regulation of algal-bacterial granular sludge for nitrogen removal pathway reconfiguration and N(2)O mitigationEnviron Res2026 Nov 15PMID 42800530
- Soil functional microbial pathways related to GHGs emissions of coastal degraded mangroves-rice ecologies in Sundarban, India: A soil metagenomic approachJ Environ Sci (China)2026 NovPMID 42822929
- Insights into plant-part-specific N(2)O production in roots and shoots of chicory (Cichorium intybus) using stable isotope labellingNew Phytol2026 NovPMID 42744294
- The mercury-nitrogen nexus: Trade-off between nitrous oxide emissions and mercury methylation in rice paddy systemsWater Res2026 Nov 1PMID 42531872
- High spatial variations of potential nitrification and N(2)O production across the Yangtze River and associated major tributariesWater Res2026 Nov 1PMID 42508262
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Remimazolam
An ultra-short-acting benzodiazepine for sedation and anaesthesia.
Key point: Remimazolam is a safe and effective alternative for bronchoscopy sedation, offering improved cardiopulmonary safety and favourable procedural characteristics.
Perioperative esketamine
Esketamine for analgesia and mood around surgery.
Key point: Intraoperative low-dose esketamine improved early patient-reported recovery after minimally invasive esophagectomy by enhancing analgesia and reducing postoperative anxiety and depression without increasing adverse events.
Dexmedetomidine
Dexmedetomidine for sedation, analgesia and delirium prevention.
Key point: In mechanically ventilated patients with sepsis and septic shock, dexmedetomidine shortened mechanical ventilation but increased bradycardia risk, without mortality or organ dysfunction benefits.
Sugammadex
Reversal of neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex.
Gastric ultrasound
Point-of-care ultrasound of stomach contents before anaesthesia.
Key point: Preanesthetic gastric ultrasound provides a practical bedside method for assessing gastric content and estimating aspiration risk in patients undergoing anesthesia.
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
("volatile anesthetic*"[tiab] OR "volatile anaesthetic*"[tiab] OR desflurane[tiab] OR "nitrous oxide"[tiab]) AND (environment*[tiab] OR "carbon footprint"[tiab] OR greenhouse[tiab] OR climate[tiab])Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.