The organizing committee of the SSAI 2019 congress is extremely honored to announce that Prof. John PA Ioannidis has accepted to give a key note lecture “Reducing waste in health care research” as part of our opening session. John PA…
Congratulations to the SSAI! The first annual SSAI Research Methodology Course has finally taken place, a success story for the SSAI and for SSAI member course participants. As part of its core mission, the SSAI aims to deliver high-quality educational…
The 2019 SSAI congress to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark August 28-30th takes form! We are working hard and are proud to inform you about the following keynote lecturers: Professor Tanja Manser, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Hochschule für Angewandte Psychologie FHNW, Schweiz is…
The European Medicine Agency has decided to suspend Hydroxyethyl-Starch (HES) because of serious side-effects in specific patient groups: This decision has obviously led to some discussion, especially among those who have continued to use HES despite concerns about safety.This discussion…
The 29th of September 2018 the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at Odense University Hospital in Denmark hosts the Symposium: Anaesthesia and Surgery in Young Children: Long-term outcome. The venue is: The Emil Aarestrup Auditorium at Odense University Hospital.…
The Clinical Practice Committee of the SSAI has published a new guideline: “Scandinavian SSAI clinical practice guideline on choice of inotropic agent for patients with acute circulatory failure” This guideline is like all SSAI guidelines published as open access in…
The department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark invites to the first interdisciplinary Copenhagen Critical Care Symposium. The target group are pre-hospital physicians, surgeons, anaesthetists, intensivists and internal medicine physicians. The event is a 1-day event…
The annual meeting of the Swedish Anaesthesia and Intensive Care society will take place in Linköping, September 19th-21st this year. The honorary lectures will be held by international top-Anaesthesiologists Cor Kalkman (Utrecht, The Netherlands) and Hannah Wunsch (Toronto, Canada). You…
SSAI follows the highest ethical standards and has a zero tolerance for all types of harassment including sexual harassment. The board of the SSAI has specified these standards in the SSAI Ethical Code of Conduct. Reporting of breaches or suspected…
The SSAI board has gathered in Reykjavik, many new board members are welcomed and the new president of the SSAI Professor Klaus Olkkola introduced! Please find an overview of the new board members here. The Agenda for the board meeting…