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Promoting appropriate antibiotic use in European intensive care units: European Antibiotic Awareness Day – November 18th 2015
This EU initiative is endorsed by ESICM! http://antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu (here you can find evidence-based key messages and materials for different target audiences, including messages and template materials for medical doctors (hospital prescribers and primary care prescribers)) Patients in European intensive care units (ICUs) are increasingly inflicted with infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria,…
Special issue on pediatric anesthesia and critical care medicine from the Norwegian Society
The last NAForum (Editor-in-Chief: Anne Berit Guttormsen) was published as a special issue covering many aspects of pediatric anesthesia and critical care medicine. Articles are written by senior Scandinavian experts and are meant to inform and help the general anesthesiologist in the encounter with pediatric patients. The issue is in Norwegian…
Interesting studies published under ESICM LIVES2015 conference
Some important studies were published under the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine congress LIVES 2015 held in Berlin during the first week of October. Please find here an overview of these studies: JAMA: Buffered Crystalloid vs Saline and Acute Kidney Injury Editorial: Intravenous Fluids and Risk of AKI Among ICU Patients…
The world sepsis day September 13th, 2015 – a call for action!
The non-profit organization Global sepsis alliance (an alliance of several other non-profit organizations like WFSICCM) announces a call for action to raise public and professional awareness of sepsis and to increase survival. Please find more information here. You can sign the world sepsis declaration and follow the webinar September 13th!
esicm.org is safe and can be used as usual
Today (26/8-15), ESICM provided proof that the issue of potential cyber attack of the provider of the website is solved. You can therefore use esicm.org as usual and especially the registration site for the congress! Message to the Norwegian healthcare authorities is sent and hopefully access to esicm.org from…
European Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiology is improving the anaesthetic care of sick children using DefinitiveDx
ESPA has formed an online expert panel that is using DefinitiveDx to improve the anaesthetic care of sick children around the world. SSAI members can actively contribute. DefinitiveDx is the new way for doctors to share and discuss complex patient cases, enabling every doctor in the world to find the…
New guidelines on pre-hospital airway management: Update from the task force from the Scandinavian Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine.
The Scandinavian Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) has asked the task force on pre-hospital airway management to update the guidelines originally published in 2008 [1]. The group will systematically identify and incorporate evidence into the revised guideline that hopefully will support decision-making in airway management for all…
#SSAI2015
Thank you for your attendance at the 33rd SSAI conference! 1000+ attendees, fantastic program and hosts – many thanks to the Icelandic anaesthesiologists! Read what attendees have commented on twitter with #SSAI2015! We are looking forward to Malmø, Sweden in 2017 – information about this conference will be published soon! Picture…
Your input to the new SSAI logo
The official SSAI logo seems outdated and more importantly is not possible to use in new publications any longer due to low quality. The board therefore has decided to start a process to develop a new logo for SSAI. In that process we need your input and help! Please feel…
33rd SSAI congress – registration and event place
Registration for all conference attendees is open tomorrow Wednesday June 10th from 7.00 at Harpa congress center. Harpa is located at the harbor side of Reykjavik. [wpgmza id=”1″]