The BELGIAN ANESTHESIA TRAINEES (BAT) is an independent organisation that represents the interests of the Belgian anesthesia trainees in different institutions on different levels. All BAT members act voluntarily and without financial compensation to improve the position of Belgian anesthesia trainees by elaborating the BAT vision points and adhering to the BAT aims.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent literature has described the emerging role of anesthesiologists as key members of the lung transplantation team and the impact of anesthetic management on outcomes. This review examines the impact of presenting cause of end-stage lung disease (ESLD) on anesthetic management.
Button battery ingestions result in significant morbidity and mortality in children-before, during, and even after removal. The injuries created by a button battery lodged in the esophagus develop rapidly and can be severe. The current of the button battery, conducted through saliva and the tissue drives a highly alkaline caustic injury, leading to liquefactive tissue necrosis.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The difficult airway remains an ongoing concern in daily anesthesia practice, with awake intubation being an important component of its management. Classically, fiberoptic bronchoscope-assisted tracheal intubation was the method of choice in the awake patient. The development of new generation videolaryngoscopes has revolutionized the approach to tracheal intubation in the anesthetized patient. The question whether videolaryngoscopes have a place in the intubation of the difficult airway in the awake patient is currently being addressed.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: With the growing of the aging population, increased and new methods of anesthesia and surgery allow for surgery and other interventions in older adults.Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs in older adults differ from those in younger and middle-aged adults. However, the geriatric population is frequently neglected in the context of clinical trials. The present review focuses on the consequences of multimorbidity and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic alterations and their implications on anesthesia.
Dear BAT members,
Our colleagues of the BSAR/APSAR organize their congress "New challenges in anesthesiology" on January 18, 2020 in Brussels.
Location: BluePoint Brussels, August Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels.
Registration is open! Anesthesia residents can take part at reduced prices! 15 euros for this congress with included free membership for 1 year!
We hope to see you there!
No abstract available.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review highlights anaesthesia management options for awake craniotomy and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches, intraoperative complications and future directions.
Dear BAT members,
Our colleagues of the ** BSAR/APSAR** organize their **congress "New challenges in anesthesiology" on January 18, 2020 in Brussels. **
Location: BluePoint Brussels, August Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels
Registration is open! Anesthesia residents can take part at reduced prices! 15 euros for this congress with included free membership for 1 year!
=> For registration e-mail to loubna@vbs-gbs.org
Copy past the text below for your registration:
Dear Loubna,
Editorial. No abstract available.
BACKGROUND: Practice patterns surrounding awake extubation of pediatric surgical patients remain largely undocumented. This study assessed the value of commonly used predictors of fitness for extubation to determine which were most salient in predicting successful extubation following emergence from general anesthesia with a volatile anesthetic in young children.