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Gabriel M. Gurman, MD Editor in Chief   Since I started practising anaesthesia, many years ago, I learned and was taught that a patient with obesity represented a real problem for the anaesthesiologist. I cannot forget my apprenticeship years, when I got into the habit of observing people on the street, wishing to myself that […]

This year for World Anaesthesia Day 2020, on Friday 16 October, the WFSA is asking anaesthesiologists around the world to take part in the campaign to highlight the importance of occupational wellbeing to anaesthesia. We at the ESAIC believe in this message and encourage our members to take part in this campaign. We all want […]

We at the ESAIC have teamed up with the WFSA (World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists) to offer bursaries to Euroanaesthesia 2020. This year Euroanaesthesia will be a virtual congress entirely accessible online. To celebrate this amazing opportunity the ESAIC has teamed up with the WFSA to offer full bursaries to anaesthesiologists from low and […]

To improve the care of patients with acute or chronic pain, a consortium from academia, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), pain societies, patient organisations and the pharmaceutical industry has launched the research project “IMI-Pain Care – Improving the care of patients suffering from acute or chronic pain”. IMI-PainCare is set within the framework of the […]

Niño MC, Pauwels A, Raffan F, Arango E, López JP. Gigi87@yahoo.com   Introduction In Colombia, 500,000 COVID-19 cases and 15,800 deaths have been reported, among which health personnel cases and deaths amount to 5,619, and 43 respectively (1). Age is an independent risk factor for suffering from a severe disease, with the ages of 65 […]

Dear ESAIC Member,   We are pleased to inform you that we have recently launched the election procedure for the new ESAIC Council Members. Council Members are to be elected for the next term of office starting on 1 January 2021 in the following countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, North Macedonia and Serbia. Active Members are eligible […]

Manuel Otero-Lopez, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, Bobigny, France Pablo Monedero, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain motero@doctors.org.uk The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) has decided to add explicitly “Intensive Care” to its name. The proposal to change the name of ESA to ESAIC, The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, has been […]

Chief editor’s note: With this paper, we intend to open a new rubric: The residents’ corner, hoping that our readers and members will gladly contribute to it and take this opportunity to share information on their work conditions, research activities and future plans. Alberto Barbieri1, Enrico Giuliani2, Gabriele Melegari3, Elisabetta Bertellini3 School of Anaesthesia and […]

Up to 206 Million People Reached and Over 5.4 Million Trained in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Worldwide Nadine Rott1, Andrew Lockey2, Bernd W. Böttiger1 bernd.boettiger@uk-koeln.de 1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany 2 Emergency Department, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax, United Kingdom     “All citizens of the world can save a life: “CHECK— […]