News

The chief editor note: As every year we publish some abstracts of lectures to be presented at the annual Euroanaesthesia November 28-30 2020, Barcelona. Kemal Tolga Saracoglu, MD saracoglukt@gmail.com Providing effective airway and oxygenation are among the main components of advanced life support. The points that determine the issue to be controversial are the absence of evidence that a routine tool or basic method should be at the forefront of airway management during cardiac arrest. There is...

This new issue of our Newsletter is aired in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, a situation which is affecting all the world and is endangering and taking the lives of many citizens across the globe. Due to these circumstances all the medical teams, in each country and hospital, are busy day and night trying to offer the affected population the necessary care. Anaesthesiologists are on the first line of this cruel war against death, and they perform their daily activity on a 24/7 basis. So...

Marc Gimenez gimimarc@gmail.com José Saramago and his exceptional novel “Blindness” move us to a crude catastrophic situation where dehumanised behaviours are endured to survive. In the magnificent story, the only character that preserves vision is the wife of a doctor serving as the narrator, guide and protector of the community. The fiction was seen as a tough narrative to criticise the worse side of society and the human condition. The coronavirus pandemic is putting the medical and sci...

Davide Manca* PSE-Lab, Process Systems Engineering Laboratory Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy Prepared for ESAIC, the European Society of Anesthesiology March 31st, 2020 Copyright © 2020 Davide Manca No parts of this paper may be reproduced or elsewhere used without the prior written permission of the author *Corresponding author:     phone +39 02 23993271   mobile: +39 328 569...

A new report on COVID-19 data up to March 30 from Italy, prepared by an Italian expert for the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESAIC), says that the number of daily deaths in Italian hospitals is today still accelerating at the maximum rate, and significant numbers of deaths in hospitals are likely to continue until at least mid-April and could go on until early June. The report is by Davide Manca, Professor of Process Systems Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. The data sug...

From the deputy editor With this article, we open up a new rubric presenting various publications that influenced anaesthesia and intensive care specialists and lead to a change for better in their clinical practice. We hope that these articles, old or new, will entice and help you in your daily practice. Systolic blood pressure variation is a sensitive indicator of hypovolemia in ventilated dogs subjected to graded haemorrhage Perel A,  Pizov R, Cotev S Anesthesiology 67: 498-502, 1987 Liana V...

Dear ESAIC Members, We, at the ESAIC Examinations Committee (ExC) certainly feel that most of our plans for the development of the EDAIC far exceeded our bravest expectations. This is my final report to you as the ESAIC Examinations Committee Chairman. I have worked in this committee since 2005 in different roles and witnessed the conversion of the EDAIC from a small exclusive western European examination to a truly global phenomenon. It gives me immense pleasure to report to you that the main...

For immediate release Please see link below to paper published in the journal Anaesthesia The paper is published on behalf of the Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, and the European Airway Management Society For any queries, please e-mail author Dr Massimiliano (Max) Sorbello, Consultant, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AOU Policlinico San Marco University Hospital, Catania, Italy. E) maxsorbello@gmail.com Also available for Comments: Professor Kai Zach...

Europe and the World struggle as COVID-19 cases surge The COVID-19 pandemic has gathered pace in multiple European countries, the USA and Australia, and has taken root in almost all areas of the world. So far, only Africa has been spared a huge acceleration of cases, but many experts feel it is a matter of when and not if the outbreaks reach the poorest continent. Across the world, borders are being closed,  international flights cancelled and other extensive travel restrictions implemented as...

Due to the ever-evolving and challenging situation, we are all currently facing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ESAIC is officially postponing Euroanaesthesia 2020 Barcelona, to 28-30 November 2020. Our community of anaesthesiologists and intensivists are still highly impacted by the virus and we realise how vital they are during this time. Being present in their hospitals far outweigh any other normal activities. Our members and community are crucial in containing this pandemic and savi...