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One of the Society’s most distinguished and popular former Presidents has been granted an Honorary Membership at this year’s Euroanaesthesia.  He joins another popular former President Prof Stefan De Hert in this year’s Honorary Member list. Here we hear about Paolo’s career and achievements at ESAIC. Q: Congratulations on this honour Paolo. How do you […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]