Anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine are innovative specialist areas that mainly use the advantages of digital documentation. However, to exploit the full potential of the digital age, more than conversion of paper-based documentation into digital formats is required. The German healthcare system needs to catch up; more than money is required to drive digitalisation forward.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther
March 2022
In this review, we provide an update on the intensive care unit (ICU) management of ischemic stroke. Over the last decade, new evidence has led to rapid changes in the early management of patients admitted with acute ischemic stroke. Nevertheless, stroke remains a leading cause of disability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This institutional anaesthetic practice evaluation compared patient safety with respect to residual neuromuscular blockade (NMB) at the time of tracheal extubation in patients undergoing high-risk eye surgery.
Methods: Two muscle relaxation regimens were compared: rocuronium administered via intravenous (i.v.