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Baxter to host a non-promotional symposium that challenges what we know about volatile anaesthetic gases, entitled “A Paradigm Shift: Let the Science Speak for Itself on Climate Impact of Volatile Anaesthesia” to be held on Monday 26 May at 12:30pm, at Room Faro, first floor @ Euroanaesthesia 2025. Baxter International Inc. is pleased to be […]

A Foundation for the Future As ESAIC marks 20 years since its founding, the occasion is not just one of celebration, but of reflection and renewal. These past two decades have shaped an organisation that is driven, resilient, and deeply connected to the needs of anaesthesia and intensive care professionals. Above all, they have laid […]

The missing link between anaesthesia and ICU The immediate postoperative period remains one of the most physiologically unstable phases of a patient’s surgical journey. The Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) plays a critical role in managing this transitional phase, where residual anaesthetic effects, airway compromise, haemodynamic fluctuations, and pain can create significant clinical risks. The […]

The Prof. Ibsen Lecture will follow directly after the Sir Robert Macintosh lecture. Continuing this year’s themes of innovation and AI, Prof. Andre Dekker, from Maastricht University Medical Center and Maastro Clinic in The Netherlands, will present on the topic: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for better healthcare.   In today’s operating theatres, anaesthetists must manage increasingly complex […]

How emerging technologies will transform our practice Every year at Euroanaesthesia, we open with the esteemed Sir Robert Macintosh lecture. This lecture recognises individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the fields of anaesthesiology and intensive care. With the current significant and rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, it is of enormous value […]

Do the benefits outweigh the cost and the extra work associated with continuous postoperative monitoring? Clinicians attending this year’s Euroanaesthesia congress will have the opportunity to weigh the pros and cons of this intervention during Sunday’s debate.    Despite the increased availability of continuous and remote monitoring technologies in hospitals, the continuous monitoring of blood pressure, […]

An update to raise the standards of safer patient care in today’s anaesthesiology  16 years ago, when Patient Safety was still an emerging field, the European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA) of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) created a declaration highlighting a consensus on how anaesthesiology could take steps to improve the safety of patients on the perioperative pathway of care.  The first draft was created in November […]

My Experience and Skills Enhancement in Ljubljana My name is Jaume Borrell Vega, and I am a fourth-year resident in Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. During May, June and July 2024, I participated in the ESAIC Exchange Programme (EP) at Ljubljana University Hospital, Slovenia. During this exchange, I focused mainly […]

A major milestone for ESAIC’s official Open source journal   The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) is pleased to announce that the European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EJAIC) is now indexed in PubMed Central (PMC). This is a significant achievement for the Journal, reinforcing its position as a key platform for […]