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Gabriel M. Gurman, MD Chief Editor I would dare to say that lately, I became an expert in this topic. Sixteen years since my retirement from my half-a-century of daily clinical and didactic activity I  have the certitude that during that over a long period I have accumulated a large experience regarding the life of […]

Petramay Attard Cortis Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta, Europe petramay.cortis@gov.mt The European Diploma in Obstetric Anaesthesia (EDOA) does not exist… but should it? What would it look like? What need would it address? And who is even looking for it? The European Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care […]

With great sadness, we try to understand and come to terms with the sudden and unexpected death of our colleague and friend Torsten L. B. Lauritsen. Torsten was for many years a great and respected paediatric anaesthetic capacity in Denmark, Scandinavia, and Europe, professionally as well as a member and chairman of various committees and […]

Igor Abramovich, Bernardo Matias, Christopher Blacker, Elena Gjorchevska ESAIC Trainees Committee Chair, Past-chair and Trainee Representatives trainees-committee@esaic.org   The Covid pandemic has had a major impact on all different parts of our society. The effect on trainees is a huge burden. Trainee wellbeing suffered majorly and fatigue has become an ever-growing issue. In their free […]

Gabriel M.Gurman, MD Chief editor gurman@bgu.ac.il   I am aware that the medicolegal aspects of the routine activity are different from one country to another since the judicial system is different. Nevertheless, it is relatively easy to find some points which could be defined as the common denominator, regardless of where medicine is practised. As […]

On June 8th, 2021, the long-time director of the Department of Anaesthesiology and my esteemed predecessor, Univ.-Prof. Dr Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Dick died at the age of 84. Professor Dick was born in Wesel, Germany in 1936 and passed the medical state examination and doctorate after studying medicine at the University of Cologne. After acquiring […]

Daniela Filipescu With 24 different scientific tracks, each led by global experts, the 17th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists has something for every ESAIC member. Reading the newly released WCA scientific programme it is noticeable how much of the agenda, training and networking opportunities relate to Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (ICCM). Join us from the […]

Enrique Jesus Carrero Cardenal. Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona. ecarrero@clinic.cat The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Guidelines are reviewed and published every 5 years. However, due to the pandemic status, the ERC Council decided to postpone the ERC Guidelines 2020 publication until 2021.  In 2020, the ERC published what was then a priority: […]

Tzima M, Georgopoulou E, Mavropoulos C, Tsakyridou E, Katsanoulas K, Katsika E Hippokrateion General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece martzi88@yahoo.gr The case A 26-year-old parturient is hospitalised for a sizeable mass resection, found in the Morrison’s pouch. She has been admitted to the hospital due to a fainting episode. The woman has been complaining of continual pain […]