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An international, multi-centre, prospective, observational ICU cohort study of the PROVEnet supported by ESAIC (PRoVENT 2+) Martin Scharffenberg One of the current Research groups was selected in 2022: PRoVENT 2+. Martin Scharffenberg, MD, the task force chair, led this prospective, international, multi-centre, observational cross-sectional study on intensive care units to mainly assess current MV strategies […]

Gabriel M. Gurman, MD Chief Editor A recent paper published in a highly esteemed journal (1) discussed the issues faced by patients with high-risk factors for surgical complications. It highlighted the challenges that surgeons encounter when deciding whether to undertake an elective procedure.  The paper presents a series of factors that could adversely affect the […]

Prof. Carolyn Weiniger, Chair of the ESAIC Patient’s Forum; Member of the ESAIC Research Committee; Director of Obstetric Anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care Medicine of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, Israel You have a rich history as both a member […]

Intensive care medicine has evolved significantly over the past decades, transforming the way critically ill patients are treated and improving their outcomes. However, the switch to sustainable development must be accelerated in medical settings, as hospitals are the primary emitters of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the medical sector. In fact, intensive care […]

The research discussed in the article examines the differences between disposable and reusable items in preventing infections and contamination in hospitals and is based on various resources and studies made. It presents evidence that reusable equipment, such as laryngeal mask airways and anaesthetic medication platters, can have a lesser detrimental effect on the environment compared […]

Clinicians working in the fields of anaesthesia and intensive care are no strangers to the burnout phenomenon that is affecting a significant portion of healthcare professionals worldwide. But ensuring the wellbeing of medical staff goes well beyond addressing burnout or mental health issues, Dr Julie Highfield, a clinical psychologist from Cardiff, UK, said in a […]

As I write these lines before our Symposium and Congress, the very sad news of Prof. Paolo Pelosi passing in eternity is shaking our Society. A leader and a mentor, our Past President was an exceptional scientist (one of the highest H-index around!), a dedicated intensivist, but in his immediately palpable brilliance, an approachable, spontaneous […]

Gabriel M. Gurman, MD Chief Editor There is a tradition of dedicating the summer issue of our Newsletter to the biggest and most attended scientific meeting in our speciality in Europe, and we did respect it this year, too, by offering our members and readers a three-day report about the highlights of the congress programme. […]

Over the past three decades, the misuse and abuse of opioid agents has cast a long shadow over healthcare systems, particularly in North America, where this public health emergency has been dubbed the opioid epidemic. Whether this shadow will expand to engulf the European nations remains to be seen. Although many European countries have recently […]