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Survey conducted in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland suggests that COVID-19 lockdown measures exacerbated chronic pain, particularly among women COVID-19 lockdown measures appear to have had drastically different effects on men and women living with chronic pain, with women experiencing greater pain severity, according to new research being presented at Euroanaesthesia. The difference between women and men could be linked to the extra care responsibilities and emotional response generated by t...

Muscles appear to grow, rather than shrink, in some critically ill COVID-19 patients, finds new research being presented in an abstract at this year’s Euroanaesthesia. Bed rest and mechanical ventilation can lead to muscle wastage, which can hamper recovery and affect mobility and quality of life. Previous research has shown that muscle fibres atrophy by almost 20% after a week in ICU. There are concerns, however, that Covid may lead to even greater muscle damage. To find out more, Dr Toon Mos...

One of our most well-known delegates and indeed the immediate past ESAIC President (2018-19), Stefan De Hert is one of this year’s nominated Honorary Members. Stefan has served ESAIC and its predecessor ESA in multiple committees and positions over the past two decades, while continuing his work as an anaesthesiologist at University Hospital Ghent, Belgium. Q: Congratulations on your award Stef. How does it feel to be recognised by your peers in this way? A: No doubt, it is really a big honour...

Saturday December 18, 08:15 – 09:15 – Channel 3 This three-part session on the complicated pathogenesis of Covid-19 induced respiratory failure will be opened by Professor Paolo Pelosi, Anesthesia and Critical Care – San Martino Policlinico Hospital – IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences – Genoa and Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics – University of Genoa – Italy. He will explain severe COVID-19 pneumonia shares several features with non-COVID-19 pul...

Saturday December 18, 14:00 – 15:00 – Channel 3 This four-part session on Saturday afternoon will feature specialists from a range of disciplines. The management of cardiac arrest with a focus on hypothermic patients will be presented by Dr Peter Paal, Hospitallers Brothers Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, who will say: “Hypothermic compared to normothermic cardiac arrest differs in aetiology, pathophysiology, therapy, and outcome. Cardiac arrest patient...

Saturday December 18, 09:30 – 10:30 – Channel 6 There is widespread recognition that anaesthesia must play its part in reducing the global carbon footprint. This three-part session on exactly this topic starts with a talk by Dr Nicolaas Sperna Weiland, Dept of Anaesthesiology and Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He will discuss how, in their sixth assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that ‘it is une...

Saturday December 18, 17:00 – 18:00 – Channel 4 Pro-con debates have been a regular fixture of Euroanaesthesia for more than a decade, and this Saturday afternoon debate focuses on the issue of premedication in the elderly. Pro Position: Mark Coburn; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; University Hospital Bonn; Bonn; Germany Surgery in the elderly patient is increasing and thus more patients are presenting with frailty and multimorbidity. On the one hand, guid...

Israel study reports on 20 patients undergoing lung and chest surgery, including a 35-week-old fetus in the womb and 11 children. Anaesthesiologists used CT scans to create exact 3D printed plastic models and virtual reality reconstructions of patient airways on which to plan and practice anaesthetic procedures. One of the abstracts being presented at this year’s Euroanaesthesia suggests that using 3D printing and virtual reality can improve patient care and reduce anaesthesiologist stress...

Below you can find the direct links to the various news sources covering our congress and sessions, such as our recent stories on heart and lung transplantation in seriously ill COVID patients. La Repubblica (Italy) – In Portugal double lung transplant on Covid patient, the man is well – the Republic (repubblica.it) Breaking news – In Portugal, double lung transplant on Covid patient, the man is fine-breakinglatest.news-Breaking Latest News US News & World Report – H...

For the second year in succession, the ESAIC Board of Directors and Secretariat have made the difficult decision to hold an entirely online Euroanaesthesia 2021. Due to rising COVID-19 cases across Germany and Europe in general, it is no longer possible to hold an in-person event. ESAIC President Prof Kai Zacharowski warmly welcomes all delegates to this online version of Euroanaesthesia 2021 but wishes we could have met in person before he steps down as President in January 2022.  Kai is Direc...