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Dr Bazil Ateleanu Chair of the ESAIC Examinations Committee Dear Examination Committee and Subcommittees Members, Fellow Examiners, Invigilators, Hosts, Candidates and ESAIC Members, I am writing this article in January 2022, sincerely hoping that, after the challenging 2021, you had at least the opportunity to spend some quality time with your loved ones over the […]

Gabriel M. Gurman, MD Chief Editor Many years ago, during my residency in anaesthesia I heard one of my pals saying that he chose this speciality because he was “not supposed to waste his time having a conversation with his patients:” we keep them asleep, we wake them up and leave them when they are […]

To whom it may concern Tuesday, 03/02/2022 ESAIC, as the leading European Society in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, emphasizes the importance of a supervising consultant anaesthesiologist, responsible for the patient during the whole procedure, and this, during all anaesthetic procedures. The same goes without further outlining for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). ESAIC’s main goal is […]

A Survey from the Trainees Committee Olivier Duranteau, Igor Abramovich ESAIC Trainee Representative, Trainees Committee Chair trainees-committee@esaic.org For almost half a century now, the European Union has been involved in standardising practices throughout Europe. The legislative aspect with the creation of European law was considered superior to that of the states. In the scientific field, […]

An international multicentre double-blinded randomized controlled trial of 2378 patients Join the largest study on intraoperative mechanical ventilation ever and become a collaborative co-author! One-lung ventilation (OLV) is required to allow thoracic surgery. However, OLV can result in severe hypoxemia, requiring a mechanical ventilation approach that can maintain adequate gas exchange, while protecting the lungs […]

Tzima Maria, MD, MSc, PhD(c), Trainee Anaesthesiologist, Ippokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece. Marc Giménez-Milà. Consultant anaesthetist. Hospital CLINIC Barcelona. Spain martzi88@yahoo.gr Dear Editor, Daliya et al 1 have recently published a retrospective observational cohort study about an opioid prescription at postoperative discharge following intermediate or major general surgery. The study included 499 patients operated […]

Gabriel M. Gurman, MD. Chief editor Many years ago, as a young specialist in anaesthesiology and critical care, I was asked to anaesthetise a 70-year old patient who, just half an hour earlier, was driving a car when he felt a crucial pain in his chest and his car got stuck in a tree. His […]

Be Part of the European Sepsis Care Survey Study Group* *One contributing person from each hospital will be named as a member of the European Sepsis Care Survey Study Group. The European Sepsis Care Survey Study Group will be listed in the author byline of future publications. Dear Colleague, Please participate in the European Sepsis […]

Marc Giménez-Milà MD, PhD, EDAIC, EDIC. Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Hospital CLINIC de Barcelona. gimimarc@gmail.com We would certainly agree that clinical experiences encountered throughout specialist training are imprinted in our own memory. In my case, one of these moments was the diagnosis of an epidural haematoma in a patient with an epidural catheter […]