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Newsletter
| 01 March 2023
Newsletter March 2023: TEP experience report
Inês Ferreira Vieira
Since the very beginning of my residency in Anaesthesiology, I knew I wanted to do an internship abroad. What better way to get out of your comfort zone and meet a different reality? The idea of applying for the Trainee Exchange Program followed naturally. I was thrilled when the response came to say I was accepted into the Program!
Given my interest in both cardiac and paediatric anaesthesia, I wanted to deepen my knowledge of cardiac anaesthesia and see congenital cardiac...
Newsletter
| 01 March 2023
Newsletter March 2023: Research Committee 2022 report
Alexander Zarbock – Chair of the ESAIC Research Committee
Sylvia Daamen, Pierre Harlet, Saman Sepehr, Sophie Debouche, and Julia Dowell
This has been a busy and successful year for the Research Department, with many ongoing projects.
ESAIC Awards and Grants
We are happy to announce that in 2022 a total of 240.000€ was distributed among Research Grant winners. The grants were the Andreas Hoeft’s Grant (70€k, dedicated in 2022 to Anaesthesiology – winner: Daqing Ma), the Rese...
Newsletter
| 01 March 2023
Newsletter March 2023: Mentorship Committee 2022 report
ESAIC runs a Mentorship Programme to promote the professional development of young researchers through one-to-one mentoring by experienced investigators. It enables the development of a personal relationship and provides individual support for the mentee in their chosen field of research.
The aims of the Programme are:
To preserve and transfer accumulated professional knowledge within the anaesthesia and intensive care community
To support individual academic anaesthetists in achieving their po...
Newsletter
| 27 February 2023
Newsletter March 2023: Scientific Committee 2022 report
Idit Matot
Chair of the ESAIC Scientific Committee
Finally, after two years of online congresses, in 2022, we could gather in Milan for Euroanaesthesia and get back to handshakes, hugs, smiles and the excitement of the congress. The remarkable opening ceremony with two exceptional plenary speakers, Dr Kate Prior and Prof. Kai Zacharowski, was just an amazing signal of what’s to follow. We are proud to have been able to organize an innovative and vibrant programme, boosting the Simlab and...
Newsletter
| 27 February 2023
Newsletter March 2023: Sustainability Committee 2022 report
Patricio Gonzalez-Pizarro
Chair of ESAIC Sustainability Committee
Green means go!
Sustainability is a hot topic. It is everywhere these days, and while we may be getting saturated with the word, we must turn our attention to the concept, especially its environmental dimension. Climate change is a defining issue for our generation. The carbon footprint of clinical practice accounts for 4.7% of total European emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), and the EU ranks as the third largest contributor to...
Newsletter
| 27 February 2023
Newsletter March 2023: Education and Training Committee 2022 report
Stefan De Hert
Chair of the ESAIC Education & Training Committee
The Education and Training Committee is an umbrella committee overseeing and coordinating the education and training activities at ESAIC.
2022 has been a successful year; below are the main achievements: Education Tuesday – the education activity has been released every Tuesday and touches upon various subjects for different learners, from young trainees to expert anesthesiologists in various fields.
Podcasts have been a real...
Newsletter
| 09 January 2023
Newsletter January 2023: Interview with Prof. Thomas Fuchs-Buder on the latest guidelines on Neuromuscular blockade management
Taskforce chair: Fuchs-Buder, Thomas
CHRU Nancy
Chef du pôle Bloc Opératoire
Departement d’anesthésie, réanimation & médecine périoperatoire
Summary of recommendations (R)
R1: We recommend using a muscle relaxant to facilitate tracheal intubation (1A: high-quality evidence, strong recommendation).
R2: We recommend using muscle relaxants to reduce pharyngeal and/or laryngeal injury following endotracheal intubation (1C: low quality of evidence, strong recommendation).
R3: We reco...
Newsletter
| 09 January 2023
Newsletter January 2023: ILO 2022 - 2023
The Industry Task Force (ILTF) celebrates its first birthday in its current constitution. The ILTF fosters the relationship between industry partners and ESAIC. The support of industry partners is essential to help accomplish ESAIC’s “RESSC mission”: Research, Education, Safety, Sustainability, and Congresses. These are the crossroads at which we interact with one another. So let’s walk true of them and look at what we accomplished together and where we are heading in 202...
Newsletter
| 09 January 2023
Newsletter January 2023: Hand in hand-anaesthesia and antisepsis - a historical perspective
Gabriel M. Gurman, MD
Chief Editor
The fact that in the last few years, I am increasingly interested in the history of my speciality is easily understandable: the ageing process implies too often the need to look into the past and try to understand things which, by that time, have not been evident and apparent.
One of the questions about the history of anaesthesia is what happened after that memorable day of the 16th of Oct., 1846, when Bill Morton, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U...
Newsletter
| 09 January 2023
Newsletter January 2023: Case report: Successful management of “Stiff Person Syndrome” patient for day care procedure
Kean Seng Cheah, MBBS, FCAI
Case description:
Stiff person syndrome is a rare autoimmune neurological syndrome that manifests as fluctuating rigidity and spasms of axial or limb muscles¹. This condition was first described in 1956 by Moersch & Woltman from a case series of 14 patients with a similar presentation of muscle rigidity¹.
The pathophysiology of this syndrome is autoimmune driven due to the presence of antibodies against Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD), the rate-limiting enzyme...