2021 Update on airway management from the Anaesthesia Continuing Education Airway Management Special Interest Group.

Airway Management is the key for anaesthetists dealing with patients undergoing diagnostic procedures and surgical interventions. The present coronavirus pandemic underpins even more how important safe airway management is. It also highlights the need to apply stringent precautions to avoid infection and ongoing transmission to patients, anaesthetists and other healthcare workers (HCWs).

Management of Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis at a Cardiac Transplantation Centre.

Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients with cardiac failure. The aim of the study was to evaluate the management of AIT at a tertiary hospital specialising in cardiac failure and transplantation. Retrospective audit of 66 patients treated for AIT by Endocrinology (2007-2016), classified as type 1 (T1) or type 2 (T2) based on radiological criteria.