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Being potent greenhouse gases, their efficient utilization is imperative. We investigated whether the efficiency of anesthetic reflection devices, such as Sedaconda ACD-S (ACD), can be improved by thermocycling, i.e., cooling the reflector during expiration and warming it during inspiration, and aimed to identify the optimal temperatures required.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A test lung connected to the ACD was ventilated under body temperature pressure saturated and normocapnic conditions. Isoflurane and sevoflurane were infused at rates of 0.5, 1, 2, and 5\u00a0mL\/h, with sevoflurane additionally administered at 10\u00a0mL\/h. For thermocycling, inspired air was heated to 37\u00a0\u00b0C by an active humidifier without water. Cooling in steps of 26, 21, 16, 11, 6, and 1\u00a0\u00b0C was achieved by passing air from the test lung through a freezer before reaching the ACD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thermocycling significantly increased concentrations of isoflurane and sevoflurane in the test lung compared with control conditions. Cooling of the expired air led to substantial increases down to a cooling temperature of 16\u00a0\u00b0C; below 16\u00a0\u00b0C, further increases in concentrations were much smaller. Interpolation of our data shows that at clinically used concentrations (isoflurane: 0.4\u20130.6 Vol%; sevoflurane: 0.9\u20131.1 Vol%), consumption could be reduced by 70% (isoflurane\u00a0from 2.46\u00a0to\u00a00.74\u00a0mL\/h) and 72% (sevoflurane from\u00a05.73\u00a0to\u00a01.60\u00a0mL\/h). Reflection efficiencies\u2014the ratio of re-inspired from exhaled anesthetic molecules in one breath\u2014increased from around 70% to 90%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thermocycling significantly enhances the efficiency of volatile anesthetic reflection, offering a promising strategy to reduce the impact of intensive care sedation on climate change.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s40635-026-00905-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,28]],"date-time":"2026-04-28T07:49:25Z","timestamp":1777362565000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Thermocycling: enhancing efficiency of anesthetic reflectors through cyclic heating and cooling\u2014finding the optimal temperature in a bench study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4221-2450","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Frederic","family":"Albrecht","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kathrin","family":"Scheffler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Kellner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ilayda","family":"Camyurdu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Volk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andreas","family":"Meiser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"905_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1231","DOI":"10.1016\/S2213-2600(21)00323-4","volume":"9","author":"A Meiser","year":"2021","unstructured":"Meiser A, Volk T, Wallenborn J, Guenther U, Becher T, Bracht H, Schwarzkopf K, Knafelj R, Faltlhauser A, Thal SC, Soukup J, Kellner P, Dr\u00fcner M, Vogelsang H, Bellgardt M, Sackey P (2021) Inhaled isoflurane via the anaesthetic conserving device versus propofol for sedation of invasively ventilated patients in intensive care units in Germany and Slovenia: an open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial. 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