Editorial

doc. MUDr. Jiří Málek, CSc.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):271 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.062

Year 2024 in review - Cardiovascular issues in intensive care and perioperative medicine

Smékalová O., Klimovič A., Kletečka J., Zatloukal J., Beneš J.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):274-280 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.054

As in previous years, we are also trying to acquaint our readers with the news that was published during the last 12 months in a narrative review article. In addition to the exciting topics of pharmacological circulation support, we focus more on several national and international recommendations in this year's review. We do not present the translation of these recommendations in extenso, but instead, we emphasize some essential points, which we try to place in the context of existing evidence.

Year 2024 in review - Cardiac anaesthesia and postoperative care

Michálek P., Říha H., Kunstýř J., Pořízka M.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):281-287 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.041

Perioperative and postoperative care in cardiac and thoracic aortic surgeries carries a significant number of specific scenarios differing from other surgical specialties. Cardiac anesthesia is an independent sub-specialty in most developed countries. Generally, modern cardiac surgery tends to move towards less invasive procedures such as partial sternotomy, mini-thoracotomy, thoracoscopy, or hybrid procedures in cooperation with interventional cardiologists. This review article comments on the novel information within the last year. The topics of mini-invasive cardiac surgery, recent guidelines in cardiac perioperative care, novel drug studies, and...

Year 2024 in review - Sepsis

Karvunidis T., Královcová M.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):288-291 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.049

This year's summary comments an antimicrobial treatment of serious infections based on selected publications. In the context of recent studies and meta-analyses, it discusses the method of administration of β-lactam antibiotics, new issues on their safety, and also considers the appropriate duration of such therapy.

Year 2024 in review - Emergency medicine

Škulec R.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):292-296 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.053

In this article, the author presents a set of annotated papers published in 2024 in the world literature that are significantly related to emergency medicine. Publications from the pre-hospital setting are not included in the selection.

Year 2024 in review - Pre­‑hospital emergency care

Škulec R.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):297-300 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.045

In this article, the author presents a set of annotated papers published in 2024 in the world literature that are significantly related to pre-hospital emergency care. Publications from the setting of emergency departments are not included.

Year 2024 in review - chronic pain therapy

Fricová J.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):301-304 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.060

The article presents a selection of interesting events such as World Pain Day, especially in the wake of the European Pain Day, which follows every third Wednesday in October. The Euro-Pean Union's influence on pain management is mentioned in a recent paper on painkillers, but the EU's interest in chronic pain is still rather marginal. IASP, the International Society for Pain Management, has declared 2024 the Global Year of Gender Differences in Pain. IASP has sought to shed light on this important topic during the global year and to bring about a change in attitude and understanding among doctors and patients. How gender differences may interact with...

Year 2024 in review - General anaesthesia

Bláha J., Nguyenová Q. G., Bartošová T.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):305-310 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.059

Searching for the term "general anesthesia", PubMed lists 1530 clinical trials, reviews, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses in the last year. It is impossible to select "all the most important", so this text has focused on only 4 areas that the authors consider as key. The first is opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) and its growing role in today's anesthesiology. OFA involves anesthetic techniques that, although they can reduce the incidence of PONV, postoperative opioid consumption, and speed recovery, require closer monitoring of hemodynamics and analgesic dosing because of the risk of bradycardia and prolonged postoperative stay. The second topic is...

Year 2024 in review - Paediatric Anaesthesia and intensive care

Klabusayová E., Bönischová T., Harazim H., Kovář M., Vafek V., Kosinová M., Štourač P.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):311-313 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.052

The aim of the article "Year 2024 in review - Paediatric Anaesthesia and intensive care" is to clearly summarize the latest findings in this field published over the past year, thereby allowing readers to be more easily oriented in the subject matter. The publications mentioned in this review article are of high quality and can provide readers with knowledge that enhances the quality of their daily clinical practice in anaesthesia and intensive care.

Year 2024 in review - Anaesthesiology in obstetrics

Štourač P., Bláha J., Kosinová M., Mannová J., Nosková P., Harazim H., Pešková K., Seidlová D.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):314-319 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.046

The article highlights and discusses several current topics that have been published in the field of anaesthesiology in obstetrics in the Czech Republic and abroad last year It summarizes new challenges in the field of obstetric anesthesia including the use of AI and simulations in this area. It also presents new developments in systemic and neuroaxial obstetric analgesia, Caesarean Section anaesthesia and emergencies in peripartum period.

Year 2024 in review - Respiratory failure and lung support

Máca J., Burša F., Sklienka P.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):320-325 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.050

As in the previous year, very few original prospective clinical papers concerning respiratory failure and pulmonary lung support, including artificial lung ventilation and veno-venous form of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, have been published so far over this year, 2024. In the first part, the manuscript focuses on selected pathophysiological aspects of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. In the second part, the text continues with a description of several publications that deal with the issue of the use of invasive ventilation support in the form of artificial lung ventilation. The third part deals with a non-invasive form of ventilation support....

Year 2024 in review - Regional aneasthesia

Nalos D., Merjavý P.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):326-328 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.057

This review article presents a report on the 41^st Congress of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia in Prague. This is followed by an overview of information from published works this year that interested the authors of the review. The largest space is devoted to new knowledge of possible traumatic involvement of peripheral nerves and the theory of the spread of local anesthetic based on histological examinations. The next part is devoted to the standardization of block nomenclature based on anatomical relationships and other current topics.

Year 2024 in review - Acute pain management

Málek J.

Anest. intenziv. Med. 2024;35(5):329-335 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2024.051

This article presents a selected review of articles and topics published in the field of acute pain management over the past approximately 14 months. It focuses on new developments in systemic analgesia, pain management procedures, and selected international guidelines.