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The ESAIC is dedicated to supporting professionals in anaesthesiology and intensive care by serving as the hub for development and dissemination of valuable educational, scientific, research, and networking resources.

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Congresses

The ESAIC hosts the Euroanaesthesia congresses that serve as platforms for cutting-edge science and innovation in the field. These events bring together experts, foster networking, and facilitate knowledge exchange in anaesthesiology, intensive care, pain management, and perioperative medicine. Euroanaesthesia is one of the world’s largest and most influential scientific congresses for anaesthesia professionals. Held annually throughout Europe, our congress is a contemporary event geared towards education, knowledge exchange and innovation in anaesthesia, intensive care, pain and perioperative medicine, as well as a platform for immense international visibility for scientific research.

Euroanaesthesia 2026 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands Euroanaesthesia 2027 | Copenhagen, Denmark Euroanaesthesia 2028 | Vienna, Austria Euroanaesthesia 2029 | Barcelona, Spain CONNECT 2026 | Tirana, Albania

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Euroanaesthesia 2026

Rotterdam

Congress

Connect.Albania

Tirana

Congress

Euroanaesthesia 2027

Copenhagen

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Professional Growth

The ESAIC's mission is to foster and provide exceptional training and educational opportunities. The ESAIC ensures the provision of robust and standardised examination and certification systems to support the professional development of anaesthesiologists and to ensure outstanding future doctors in the field of anaesthesiology and intensive care.

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Train The Trainer Course: Part I

16 Feb 2026

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Airway management in patients living with obesity

17 Feb 2026

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Thrombosis: between the hammer and a hard place

21 Apr 2026

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Research

The ESAIC aims to advance patient outcomes and contribute to the progress of anaesthesiology and intensive care evidence-based practice through research. The ESAIC Clinical Trial Network (CTN), the Research Groups and Grants all contribute to the knowledge and clinical advances in the peri-operative setting.

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EU Projects

The ESAIC is actively involved as a consortium member in numerous EU funded projects. Together with healthcare leaders and practitioners, the ESAIC's involvement as an EU project partner is another way that it is improving patient outcomes and ensuring the best care for every patient.

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Patient Safety

The ESAIC aims to promote the professional role of anaesthesiologists and intensive care physicians and enhance perioperative patient outcomes by focusing on quality of care and patient safety strategies. The Society is committed to implementing the Helsinki Declaration and leading patient safety projects.

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Upcoming Patient Safety events

Patient Safety and Quality Masterclass 2026 – Athens

Athens

Masterclass

Masterclass in Statistics and Research Methodology 2026 – Istanbul

Istanbul

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Advanced Patient Safety Course 2026

Leuven

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Sustainability

The ESAIC is committed to implementing the Glasgow Declaration and drive initiatives towards greater environmental sustainability across anaesthesiology and intensive care in Europe.

The Glasgow Declaration on Sustainability in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Read the Consensus Document on the EJA website

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Partnerships

The ESAIC works in collaboration with industry, national societies, and specialist societies to promote advancements in anaesthesia and intensive care. The Industry Partnership offers visibility and engagement opportunities for industry participants with ESAIC members, facilitating understanding of specific needs in anaesthesiology and in intensive care. This partnership provides resources for education and avenues for collaborative projects enhancing science, education, and patient safety. The Specialist Societies contribute to high-quality educational opportunities for European anaesthesiologists and intensivists, fostering discussion and sharing, while the National Societies, through NASC, maintain standards, promote events and courses, and facilitate connections. All partnerships collectively drive dialogue, learning, and growth in the anaesthesiology and intensive care sector.

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Guidelines

Guidelines play a crucial role in delivering evidence-based recommendations to healthcare professionals. Within the fields of anaesthesia and intensive care, guidelines are instrumental in standardizing clinical practices and enhancing patient outcomes. For many years, the ESAIC has served as a pivotal platform for facilitating continuous advancements, improving care standards and harmonising clinical management practices across Europe.

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Publications

With over 40 years of publication history, the EJA (European Journal of Anaesthesiology) has established itself as a highly respected and influential journal in its field. It covers a wide range of topics related to anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine, including perioperative medicine, pain management, critical care, resuscitation, and patient safety.

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Membership

Becoming a member of ESAIC implies becoming a part of a vibrant community of nearly 8,000 professionals who exchange best practices and stay updated on the latest developments in anaesthesiology, intensive care and perioperative medicine. ESAIC membership equips you with the tools and resources necessary to enhance your daily professional routine, nurture your career growth, and play an active role in advancing anaesthesiology, intensive care and perioperative medicine.

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The ESAIC Examinations Committee is aware of certain initiatives claiming to be related to the EDAIC that are neither organised nor authorised by the ESAIC. We strongly recommend that you invest your time in the official ESAIC initiatives listed on the ESAIC website. ESAIC accepts no responsibility for the quality of any non-ESAIC courses.

Newsletter 2021

Selected media coverage – Saturday 18 December

8 bigstock breaking news template journa 8 433947710 300x300 1Despite the ongoing coverage of the omicron variant completely dominating all news outlets, Euroanaesthesia has managed to secure some international coverage yesterday (Sat 18 Dec).

Daily Mail UK and International

Covid-19 can cause your muscles to SWELL by more than 60%, study reveals  | Daily Mail Online

Today Spain 24 – Covid-19 can cause your muscles to become inflamed by more than 60%, study reveals (spain-24.com)

20 minutes (Spain) – They observe that muscles grow in critical covid patients (20minutos.es)

Whatsnew2day – Covid-19 can cause your muscles to swell by more than 60%, study reveals (whatsnew2day.com)

Eminetra (UK) – Studies show that Covid-19 can swell your muscles by more than 60% – Eminetra.co.uk

News of America – Covid-19 can cause your muscles to HEAL by more than 60%, research shows – News of America

UK Breaking News – Covid-19 can cause your muscles to SWELL by more than 60%, study reveals  – Alert Breaking News – UK

Pakkikhabar (India) – Covid-19 can cause your muscles to SWELL by more than 60%, study reveals – PakkiKhabar

Panorama News (Germany) – An unknown new effect of Covid-19 has emerged – Panorama News (panorama-news.de)

Telecinco (Spain) – Coronavirus can cause muscles to grow (telecinco.es)

Medical Xpress – Muscles seem to grow, rather than shrink, in some critically ill COVID patients (medicalxpress.com)

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23 December 2021

Thank you from the President of the ESAIC and Scientific Chair

Like many others, our community has faced many challenges and loss of life due to this pandemic. We would like to recognize all of you who have continued to work tirelessly during these times to continue to save lives. We had hoped to be able to meet in person this year in Munich, but due […]
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22 December 2021

Media summary – Euroanaesthesia 2021

The stories selected for media releases from this year’s abstracts were from a variety of themes including COVID-related, environmental, 3D printing, the effects of general anaesthesia and differences in surgery outcomes between genders. However, the ongoing crisis of the new omicron variant of COVID-19 meant that these very worthy stories only received limited coverage. Below […]
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22 December 2021

Acute Kidney injury in COVID-19 patients linked to higher mortality

Austrian study suggests that dialysis treatment does little to improve chances of survival in intensive care New research presented at this year’s Euroanaesthesia suggests that among COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), those who have an abrupt decline in kidney function are more likely to die during hospitalisation than those with pre-existing […]
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