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When ESAIC’s new CEO Cathy Weynants took charge of the society on January 1, 2020, taking over from Marc Gheeraert, it was impossible to predict the rollercoaster year that lay ahead. Here Cathy tells us about her career, aspirations for ESAIC, and the challenges of managing the organisation mostly remotely after the coronavirus pandemic tightened […]

Industry-sponsored session Sunday 29 November, 1300H-1400H CET One of the talks in this special symposium during Sunday’s Euroanaesthesia program covers the unmet need in the treatment of direct FXa inhibitor-associated critical bleeding and will be presented by Professor Marc Maegele,  a trauma surgeon and intensive/emergency care specialist based at the Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, Cologne, Germany. […]

The new president of the newly renamed European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), Prof Kai Zacharowski, warmly welcomes all delegates to this online version of Euroanaesthesia 2020, being held much later this year after COVID-19 caused the postponement of our original meeting in Barcelona. Kai is Director of the Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive […]

Symposium organised by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) Saturday 28 November, 1330-1430H, Channel 9   This first talk in this three-part session on “burnout and depression of healthcare providers during COVID-19: diagnosis and approach” is by Dr Miodrag Milenovic, University of Belgrade, and Clinical Center of Serbia, Emergency Center, Belgrade, Serbia. “The […]

Saturday 28 November, 1500-1600H, Channel 8 This three-part panel discussion will begin with a talk on the history of intensive care medicine by ESAIC’s President Professor Kai Zacharowski, Director of the Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine & Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany. He will take us back in time to the very beginnings […]

Saturday 28 November, 1500-1545H, Channel 6 In this refresher course session on Saturday afternoon, Professor Michel Struys (University Medical Centre Groningen, Netherlands) will review drugs for anaesthesia that are in the later stages of clinical development (phase 2 or 3 trials), as well as some molecules that are earlier in the process, and some where […]

Saturday 28 November, 0930-1015H, Channel 1 This year’s Sir Robert Macintosh Lecture will be delivered by our former President Daniela Filipescu, Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Medicine ‘Carol Davila’, and Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases “Prof. Dr C.C. Iliescu”, Bucharest, Romania. “The year 2020 marks several important milestones: the 10th Anniversary […]

Vygon is pleased to announce the future range of NRFit® Epidural anesthesia that will be available shortly. Want to know more? We will answer your main questions below What is NRFit®? A good question to begin with. Back to basics, NRFit® is the secure connection for neuraxial application. In other words, the ISO 80369 series […]

Saturday 28 November, 1500-1545H, Channel 2 In this session, Professor Christian Putensen, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, will review some important papers across various areas of intensive care medicine, including COVID-19, ARDS,  sepsis, vasopressor therapy, acute kidney injury, nutrition and vitamins, and sedation and delirium. Some of his selections are outlined below – to hear about […]