Guidelines
Guidelines play a crucial role in delivering evidence-based recommendations to physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare professionals. Within the field of anaesthesia, guidelines are instrumental in standardising clinical practices and enhancing patient outcomes. For numerous years the ESAIC has served as a pivotal platform for facilitating continuous advancements, harmonising clinical management practices across Europe, and elevating care standards.
ESAIC aims to promote the dissemination of guidelines through communication and education. Some of the current initiatives include Newsletter articles, podcasts, and the Guidelines O’clock project launched in 2023.
Guidelines Promotion, Collaboration, Education
Five ESAIC guidelines were published in 2023:
Management of severe peri-operative bleeding: Guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care – 2nd Update.
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023 Apr 1;40(4):226-304. doi: 10.1097
Cardiac arrest in the perioperative period: a consensus guideline for identification, treatment, and prevention from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery.
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023 Oct 1;40(10):724-736. doi: 10.1097
Update of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine evidence-based and consensus-based guideline on postoperative delirium in adult patients.
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2024 Feb 1;41(2):81-108. doi: 10.1097. Epub 2023 Aug 30
Airway management in neonates and infants: European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and British Journal of Anaesthesia joint guidelines.
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2024 Jan 1;41(1):3-23. doi: 10.1097. Epub 2023 Dec 13
ESAIC focused guideline for the use of cardiac biomarkers in perioperative risk evaluation.
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023 Dec 1;40(12):888-927. doi: 10.1097
The Guidelines O'clock are crafted to be concise, direct, and efficient, taking approximately 30 minutes to complete. Furthermore, they are enriched with infographics and references to related papers, thereby providing a holistic understanding of the recently published ESAIC Guidelines. Through these modules, learners gain an immersive 360-degree experience of ESAIC’s evolving guidelines.
The Guidelines O’clock modules
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