Dear colleagues
The first issue of the Greek e-journal of Perioperative Medicine for 2024 presents various articles concerning perioperative medicine.
Muhammad Umar Younis, in his review article, aims to determine the prevalence of burnout among surgeons, to identify the risk factors for it and to employ mitigation strategies to reduce the likelihood of burnout. The author notes that the most commonly identified risk factors for surgeons’ burnout are age, marital status, financial standing, the outcome of their interest, the balance between work and personal life, experience in the field, and gender. He concludes that the above responsible factors should be explored by surgeons, hospital management boards, training centers in order to find ways to prevent it and to ensure a healthy workplace environment and high-quality surgical patient care.
The next article of Soulountsi V et al. describes the case of a patient, who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with oligemic shock, due to severe bleeding from the right carotid artery, after a central venous catheter placement in the right jugular vein. During patient’s stay in the ICU, comprehensive laboratory work-up led to the diagnosis of acquired hemophilia A (AHA), a rare bleeding disorder caused by autoantibodies to… Continue reading
Dear colleagues,
In the third issue of the Greek e-journal of Perioperative Medicine for 2023, there is a wide coverage of interest in scientific articles. Five interesting cases are reported, concerning perioperative medicine.
First, the article of Walker C et al demonstrated the anesthetic technique of erector spinae plane blockade, as an alternative analgesic technique for aortic aneurysms endovascular repair. The authors noted that this blockade provides the same quality of pain control, with less risk, comparing other anesthetic techniques and that should be considered, as part of the multimodal analgesia strategies, concerning endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms.
Next, Vlahov A et al presented the case of a woman, with a history of regular recreative use of nitrous oxide, who was admitted in the hospital with signs of thrombosis of left femoral artery. They showed that recreational use of nitrous oxide can lead to an increased risk of thromboembolic complications, in previously healthy patients, confirming the relation of regular and heavy recreational use of nitrous oxide with thrombus formation.
The case report of Antonogiannakis A et al, describes the successful anesthetic management of a post liver-transplant parturient, requiring an urgent C-section, due to pre-eclampsia with severe features. The authors emphasized… Continue reading
