Search Tag: anaesthesiology
Zoom-on-professor-paolo-pelosi-icu-management-editorial-board-member
2014 15 Sep
Professor Paolo Pelosi is Chief Professor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Director of the Speciality School in Anaesthesiology at the University of Genoa as well as Head of the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit at the IRCCS San Martino-IST Hospital, Genoa, Italy. To find out more, we asked our 7 questions: 1. What are your key areas of...Read more
Dr-michael-quintel-joins-sphere-s-medical-advisory-board
2015 14 Jan
Sphere Medical, innovator in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, has announced the appointment of Professor Dr. Michael Quintel to its Medical Advisory Board (MAB). Professor Quintel is a leading clinician within the German and European intensive care profession who fully complements Sphere Medical’s current MAB members. “Professor...Read more
Anaesthesiology-and-critical-care-medicine
2016 30 May
Interview with Professor Sharon Einav Professor Sharon Einav is Chair of the Intensive Care Medicine Subcommittee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology . She is Professor of Intensive Care, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Director of Surgical Intensive Care and Chair of the Resuscitation Committee at Shaare Zedek MedicalCenter...Read more
An-introduction-to-robots-in-anaesthesia
2016 30 May
Technological advancement has made robots an integral part of several fields, including medicine. This article provides an overview of the application of robots to anaesthesia, highlighting recent developments. Pharmacological robots are closed-loop systems, able to precisely titrate the dose of anaesthetic drugs to a preset value, concerning hypnosis,...Read more
Euroanaesthesia-2017
2017 03 Jun
Euroanaesthesia is Europe’s largest annual event showcasing the latest and the most relevant knowledge with medical experts active in the field of anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, intensive care, emergency medicine and pain treatment. This international event gathers thousands of delegates and exhibitors from over 80 countries. Upwards of 6000...Read more
Esa2016-safety-in-anaesthesiology-and-intensive-care-a-key-theme
2016 02 Jun
Safety of both patients and doctors was a key theme of Euroanaesthesia 2016, meeting in London. The Sir Robert Macintosh lecture, named after the first professor of anaesthetics outside the United States, was delivered by Sven Erik Gisvold (pictured), Professor of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, from St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. Departments...Read more
Esa-partners-with-patient-safety-movement-to-lead-the-movement-to-zero-preventable-deaths-in-europe
2016 06 Jun
The European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) and the Patient Safety Movement Foundation has announced that on May 28, 2016 at the annual congress Euroanaesthesia 2016 in London, the ESA made a public commitment to lead the Patient Safety Movement in over 50 countries in Europe. “As clinicians, our number one focus is Patient Safety,” said Dr....Read more
Lung-protective-strategies-in-the-or-reviewed
2016 14 Jul
Do the principles of lung protective ventilation for ICU patients with acute respiratory failure apply to otherwise healthy patients in the operating room? Satoshi Kimura, from the Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus provide a review of the perioperative perspective on preventing ventilator-associated...Read more
34th-congress-of-the-scandinavian-society-of-anaesthesiology-and-intensive-care
2017 06 Sep
SSAI is an umbrella organization of the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Societies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and hosts a congress every other year, alternating between the five countries. The congress is international and usually gathers around 800-1000 participants from all over the world. Local Scandinavian flavour comes from...Read more
Bringing-new-technologies-to-anaesthesia-are-we-there-yet
2017 22 Nov
Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD, is Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair for Perioperative Medicine at UCLA. He is the Technology, Computing, and Simulation section editor for Anesthesia & Analgesia. His research interests focus on new technologies applied to anaesthesia and the intensive care unit. We live in a wireless world as consumers,...Read more
Airway-triage-app
2018 20 Feb
Airway management is of key importance to all critical care providers and their patients. Unanticipated difficulties during airway management can lead to severe complications or death. However, prediction of difficulties with upper airway access is challenging. Until now the accuracy to predict a “difficult airway” with the current methods or classification...Read more
Simulate-or-not-to-simulate
2018 16 Mar
Evolution in medicine and the anaesthesia context. A brief discussion about the importance and the state of the art of simulation in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Training in simulation plays a key role in complex systems such as aviation and the nuclear industry, to investigate predictable errors that lead to adverse outcomes....Read more
Australian-society-of-anaesthetists-2018-national-scientific-congress
2018 06 Oct
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Dr-paul-wischmeyer-earns-prestigious-faspen-award
2019 28 Mar
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) has elected Duke Anesthesiology’s Paul Wischmeyer, MD, an honorary fellow. The FASPEN award is one of ASPEN’s highest honors as a society. It recognizes Dr. Wischmeyer’s exceptional achievement in practice and his research contributions to the clinical nutrition field, as well as his...Read more
Euroanaesthesia-2020
2020 28 Nov
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS TO NOV 28-30 AND CHANGED TO VIRTUAL MEETING. Find European Society of Anaesthesiology on Social Media Read more
Espa-2023-13th-european-congress-for-paediatric-anaesthesiology
2023 28 Sep
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