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ESAIC President, Prof. Kai Zacharowski, speaks to the BMJ in their latest article and advises doctors on getting through the covid-19 pandemic. You can read the full article below or visit the BMJ website here: https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1092.full      

Major anaesthesia congress postponed to keep specialists on the frontline For immediate release *Note: ESAIC President Professor Kai Zacharowski can be contacted for interviews, see contact details at the end of this press release. A link to a BBC interview he has done is also below* A lack of coordination between European countries regarding strategy […]

Europe and the world battle the surging SARS-CoV-2 pandemic It is difficult to remember any disease or situation that has transformed the world as rapidly as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which is causing COVID-19 disease across all European countries and wreaking havoc across daily life. Across all of ESAIC’s member states, cases are increasing, in some […]

  On behalf of the ESAIC Leadership, we would like to inform our community that due to the continual spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the ESAIC has taken the decision to postpone Euroanaesthesia 2020 in Barcelona, originally scheduled for 30 May – 1 June. We are looking into two possible alternative dates: Either 21-24 August […]

SIAARTI COVID19 Airway management protocol This is the proposed algorithm for airway management in COVID19 patients as from Società Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia e Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva (SIAARTI), developed by the Italian scientific society on the base of data and experience from the ongoing COVID19 outbreak. With 10149 infected patients, 631 deaths and 877 […]

JAMA Published online March 4, 2020 Sean Wei Xiang Ong, MBBS Yian Kim Tan, PhD Po Ying Chia, MBBS Tau Hong Lee, MBBS Oon Tek Ng, MBBS, MPH Michelle Su Yen Wong, PhD Kalisvar Marimuthu, MBBS JAMA proposes a short research letter from a Singapore group on 3 COVID19 patients, which is of some interest […]

Randy S. Wax, Michael D. Christian. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12630-020-01591-x An excellent paper providing practical advices and updated overview for clinical management of COVID19 patients. The paper covers either organizational, epidemiological and practical aspects, and any healthcare professional involved in management of COVID19 patient might benefit from this reading. The Canadian group matured […]

Marcelo Gama de Abreu* and Paolo Pelosi**, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the ESAIC *ESAIC Board Member; **Past ESAIC President Dear colleagues, Dear care givers working in the operating room, emergency room, intensive care unit and anaesthesia ambulatory services. We are witnessing the rapid spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (also known as COVID-19, or […]

Dear highly respected colleagues and members of ESAIC! We all monitor the COVID-19 outbreak.  Useful information is found on the WHO official webpage (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019). Current numbers of infection can be monitored on  https://www.worldometers.info/ Our discipline of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care is vital for patients suffering from corona virus induced lung and organ failure.  Therefore, we will […]