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Dear colleagues,

The second issue of the Greek e-journal of Perioperative Medicine for 2022 presents various articles including Reviews Articles and Case Reports concerning perioperative medicine.

The review article of Varvarousi G et al. reviews the perioperative management of haemotherapy in obstetric patients with haemorrhage and coagulopathy abnormalities. Authors concluded that hypofibrinogenemia is the most common coagulation disorder in these patients. They also noted that point-of-care viscoelastic testing contributes to early identification and targeted treatment in obstetric bleeding and that timely administration of tranexamic acid is considered important in order to reduce blood loss for the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage.

The next review article of Zafeiriadis et al. describes the ethical and philosophical aspects of intraoperative pain management. The authors emphasize that these aspects are of great importance because the presence of complications, due to inadequate pain control during general anesthesia, comes mainly from the anesthetists’ unawareness about the patient’s exact nociceptive depth. They also noted that the need for efficient intraoperative monitoring of the patient’s nociception level is of extreme value, when considered through the bioethical and philosophical approach, in order the anesthetists to fulfil their preliminary duty, this of pain… Continue reading →

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Dear colleagues,

The second issue of the Greek e-journal of Perioperative Medicine for 2021 presents various articles including a Medical History Article, a Review Article, and Case Reports concerning perioperative medicine.

The medical history article of Aledzhanov N. Yu reviews the knowledge of anatomy and treatment of venous pathology in ancient Greece and Byzantium. It also describes the methods and techniques used and their influence on the birth of phlebology.

The review article of Ioannidis R et al. reviews post-extubation dysphagia (PED), which is a common complication in ICU patients and is associated with severe adverse patient outcomes. It is noted that screening ICU protocols can lead to an early identification and proper therapeutic interventions.

The following case report of Aslanidis Th et al. presents a case of extreme hyperferrinemia in a male criticall ill patient with COVID-19 along with a short synthesis of the available literature.

The next article of Sarakatsanou Ch et al. describes the anesthetic considerations and management of a child with Friedreich’s ataxia during orthopedic surgery. It is reported that although there are various approaches to anesthesia techniques for these patients, it is preferable to choose regional and… Continue reading →

Dear colleagues,

In this issue of the Greek e-journal of Perioperative Medicine the first article of Massa E, et al answers vital questions concerning urgent readmissions to the ICU. It emphasizes that although a lot of efforts are being made to reduce them, these adverse events still exist. It provides also evidence, from current published literature, that readmitted patients to the ICU have a much poorer prognosis and higher mortality rates compared with other hospitalized patients.