Desflurane Should Des-appear recently published retrospective study analyzing volatile
anesthetics found a higher incidence of postoperative delirium in patients who received …

In April 2024, NHS England will finalise the decommissioning of the volatile anaesthetic
agent desflurane. The stance we hope will be adopted in England follows the example set …

EditordHealthcare delivery might cause significant harm to the environment. Desflurane, an
inhalational volatile anaesthetic, is commonly used worldwide and has a 100-yr global …

To the Editor, Climate change has been recognized as a significant global health threat, with
recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicting that global …

Potent inhaled anaesthetics are halogenated hydrocarbons with a large global warming
effect. The use of fluorinated hydrocarbons (most are not anaesthetics) are being restricted …

(IPCC) Special Report Global Warming of 1.5 C (SR15) makes sobering reading [1]. At the
current rate, global warming is likely to reach 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels between …

Recently, there has been a major drive to reduce the environmental impact of anaesthesia,
in which the Association of Anaesthetists has been playing a leading role. A cornerstone of …

Anaesthesia is associated with the routine use of volatile anaesthetic agents, all of which are
potent greenhouse gases in varying degrees. Desflurane, in particular, has a high global …

This issue of the Journal contains a report by Jones et al.(1) that describes the first use of
desflurane (1-653) in humans. One is prompted to question whether we truly need a new …

To the Editor, Global warming, considered one of the greatest health threats of the 21st
century, is linked to greenhouse gas emissions. The major greenhouse gases–carbon …