Year 2022 in review – Anaesthesia

Czech version

Authors: J. Bláha
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny, 1. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., 33, 2022, č. 6, s. 264-270
Category: Review Article
doi: https://doi.org/10.36290/aim.2022.041

Overview

By 2022, publishing has already returned to the standard. This means that the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for anaesthesiologists is all but forgotten, and the safety of anesthesia is again the dominant issue. However, in addition to the traditional search for answers to whether we should prefer regional or general anesthesia and for which procedures and what is the best prevention of PONV, there is now another associated topic - postoperative delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Although both entities are crucial to the overall perioperative course, they still need more attention. This is even though, especially in elderly patients, they have already been shown to significantly affect perioperative morbidity and mortality. Moreover, to the surprise of many, recent data show that their incidence is not so much dependent on the type of anesthesia but on the quality of its administration. This text aims to briefly summarize some key publications in the field of anesthesiology and to highlight papers that should not escape attention.

Keywords:

General anesthesia – publications – regional anesthesia – anaesthesiology – 2021 – postoperative delirium – PONV

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