Jochen Dutzmann, Hanno Grahn, Udo Boeken, Christian Jung, Andrej Michalsen, Gunnar Duttge, Ralf Muellenbach, P Christian Schulze, Lars Eckardt, Georg Trummer, Guido Michels
{"title":"[Ethical aspects in the context of extracorporeal life support systems (ECLS): consensus paper of the DGK, DGTHG and DGAI].","authors":"Jochen Dutzmann, Hanno Grahn, Udo Boeken, Christian Jung, Andrej Michalsen, Gunnar Duttge, Ralf Muellenbach, P Christian Schulze, Lars Eckardt, Georg Trummer, Guido Michels","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01458-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01458-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Extracorporeal life support systems (ECLS) are life-sustaining measures for severe cardiovascular diseases, serving as bridging treatment either until cardiovascular function is restored or alternative treatment, such as heart transplantation or the implantation of permanent ventricular assist devices is performed. Given the insufficient evidence and frequent urgency of implantation without initial patient consent, the ethical challenges and psychological burden for patients, relatives and the interprofessional intensive care team are significant. As with any treatment, an appropriate therapeutic goal for ECLS treatment based on the indications and patient informed consent is mandatory. In order to integrate the necessary ethical considerations into everyday clinical practice, a structured algorithm for handling ECLS is proposed here, which takes ethical aspects into due account.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142037907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-12DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01442-0
Christian Lanckohr, Dagmar Horn, Steffen Roßlenbroich, Michael J Raschke, Tobias Hirsch, Josef Stolberg-Stolberg
{"title":"[Necrotizing soft tissue infections].","authors":"Christian Lanckohr, Dagmar Horn, Steffen Roßlenbroich, Michael J Raschke, Tobias Hirsch, Josef Stolberg-Stolberg","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01442-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01442-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Necrotizing soft tissue infections are a heterogeneous group of severe infections of the skin, connective tissue and muscles in which necrotic destruction of the tissue occurs at the site of infection. Various bacteria are known as \"typical\" triggering pathogens and the infection can occur on the entire surface of the body. Necrotizing soft tissue infections are always a time-sensitive emergency associated with high mortality. Many affected patients are critically ill and require treatment in an intensive care unit. The rapid and radical surgical treatment is an essential part of management and in addition an adequate and timely antimicrobial treatment is of great importance. The health consequences for surviving patients are often severe, as extensive soft tissue damage leads to functional impairments. In many cases extensive plastic surgery follow-up is necessary. Therefore, necrotizing soft tissue infections are \"complicated\" in every phase of the disease and require interprofessional treatment. This review article provides a current overview of various aspects of the diagnostics, treatment and aftercare of necrotizing soft tissue infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141918232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01449-7
Marvin Deslandes, Martin Deicke, Julia Johanna Grannemann, Jochen Hinkelbein, Annika Hoyer, Matthias Kalmbach, André Kobiella, Bernd Strickmann, Thomas Plappert, Gerrit Jansen
{"title":"[Prehospital analgesia with nalbuphine and paracetamol compared to piritramide by paramedics-A multicenter observational study].","authors":"Marvin Deslandes, Martin Deicke, Julia Johanna Grannemann, Jochen Hinkelbein, Annika Hoyer, Matthias Kalmbach, André Kobiella, Bernd Strickmann, Thomas Plappert, Gerrit Jansen","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01449-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01449-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Following recent changes to the German Narcotics Act, this article examines prehospital analgesia by paramedics using piritramide vs. nalbuphine + paracetamol.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Prehospital analgesia administered by paramedics from the Fulda (piritramide) and Gütersloh (nalbuphine + paracetamol) emergency services was compared regarding pain intensity at the beginning and end of the mission, measured using the numeric rating scale (NRS). Additionally, an analysis of the resulting complications was carried out.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study 2429 administrations of analgesia were evaluated (nalbuphine + paracetamol: 1635, 67.3%, initial NRS: 8.0 ± 1.4, end of NRS: 3.7 ± 2.0; piritramide: 794, 32.7%, initial NRS: 8.5 ± 1.1, end of NRS: 4.5 ± 1.6). Factors influencing NRS change were initial NRS (regression coefficient, RC: 0.7075, 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.6503-0.7647, p < 0.001), treatment with nalbuphine + paracetamol (RC: 0.6048, 95% CI: 0.4396-0.7700, p < 0.001). Treatment with nalbuphine + paracetamol (n = 796 (48.7%)) compared to piritramide (n = 190 (23.9%)) increased the odds of achieving NRS < 4 (odds ratio, OR: 2.712, 95% CI: 2.227-3.303, p < 0.001). Complications occurred in n = 44 (5.5%) with piritramide and in n = 35 (2.1%) with nalbuphine + paracetamol. Risk factors for complications were analgesia with piritramide (OR: 2.699, 95% CI: 1.693-4.301, p < 0.001), female sex (OR: 2.372, 95% CI: 1.396-4.029, p = 0.0014), and age (OR: 1.013, 95% CI: 1.002-1.025, p = 0.0232).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Compared with piritramide, prehospital analgesia with nalbuphine + paracetamol has favorable effects in terms of analgesic efficacy and complication rates and should therefore be considered in future recommendations for paramedics.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11358200/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142037908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01441-1
Sarah Göpfert
{"title":"[Importance of documentation. Not documented is deemed to be not done].","authors":"Sarah Göpfert","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01441-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01441-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Only a few physicians are willing to comprehensively concern themselves with how a legally watertight treatment documentation should be structured, in addition to their practical activities; however, the importance of the documentation cannot be emphasized enough, not only for a potential case of liability but also for the medical (further) treatment. This article therefore illustrates the legal foundations of the mandatory documentation and the most important questions associated with it for the practice, in particular on the content of the documentation, the timing of the documentation, the preservation of treatment documents and on the conduct in cases of an impending incident.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-06DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01447-9
Julian Thomas, Stefan Kleinschmidt, Philipp Mörsdorf, David Conrad, Ulrich Berwanger, Werner Armbruster
{"title":"[Comparison of the preclinical quality of analgesia of emergency physicians and paramedics based on trauma patients].","authors":"Julian Thomas, Stefan Kleinschmidt, Philipp Mörsdorf, David Conrad, Ulrich Berwanger, Werner Armbruster","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01447-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01447-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adequate prehospital pain management is a critical component of emergency medical services. With the introduction of the paramedic profession and the Paramedics Act in Germany, the basis for more extensive competencies of paramedics was established. In many emergency medical service areas it is thus possible for paramedics to perform analgesia and sedation with esketamine/midazolam according to pre-established instructions and/or standard operating procedures. This study assessed the quality of analgesia administered to trauma patients by paramedics compared to emergency medical service physicians.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The study included trauma patients who received prehospital administration of analgesia by either emergency medical service physicians or paramedics and were subsequently admitted to the central emergency department of the Saarland University Hospital. A standardized data collection form was used to collect information from the emergency service protocol and initial emergency department assessment. The evaluation employed descriptive statistical methods and a total of 207 completed records were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both professional groups achieved significant pain reduction and fulfilled the criteria for effective pain management (pain reduction: emergency medical service physicians 5.5 ± 2.0/paramedic 4.4 ± 2.1, p < 0.001). Emergency medical service physicians, however, more frequently attained a higher reduction in numerical rating scale scores and administered oxygen. Notable differences were observed in the range of medications used and the dosages.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study could show that prehospital analgesia is comparable between emergency medical service physicians and paramedics in terms of effectiveness for trauma patients if the indications are correctly set, while observing pre-existing instructions. With their competencies paramedics are able to perform an effective and safe analgesic treatment within the framework of preformulated procedural instructions, which can be equal to that of an emergency medical service physician.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11358169/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141899098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-18DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01435-z
Florian Piekarski, Ana Kowark
{"title":"[The HEMOTION study: liberal transfusion strategy does not reduce the risk of poor outcomes in traumatic brain injury].","authors":"Florian Piekarski, Ana Kowark","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01435-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01435-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141635980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-22DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01438-w
J Renner, B Saugel, D A Reuter, K Kouz, M Flick, A Zitzmann, M Habicher, T Annecke
{"title":"[Intraoperative clinical application of hemodynamic monitoring in noncardiac surgery patients].","authors":"J Renner, B Saugel, D A Reuter, K Kouz, M Flick, A Zitzmann, M Habicher, T Annecke","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01438-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01438-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current S1 guidelines on the intraoperative clinical application of hemodynamic monitoring in patients scheduled for noncardiac surgery are presented based on a case report under the aspect of an optimized intraoperative anesthesiological management. The S1 guidelines were developed with the aim of identifying the questions on the intraoperative hemodynamic monitoring and management which are important for the routine daily clinical practice, to discuss them in a guideline group and to answer them based on the current state of scientific knowledge. The guidelines were written under the auspices of the German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) and published by the AWMF in 2023 under the register number 001/049.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-26DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01437-x
Oliver Vicent, Andreas W Reske, Rosa Nickl, Rebecca Heinen, Peter M Spieth
{"title":"[Prehospital ultrasound in emergency medicine].","authors":"Oliver Vicent, Andreas W Reske, Rosa Nickl, Rebecca Heinen, Peter M Spieth","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01437-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01437-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Small, portable hand-held ultrasound devices nowadays enable a widespread use of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound (pPOCUS), which has so far only been used hesitantly, especially in ground-based emergency services. Many critical or even life-threatening conditions or internal injuries can often be better diagnosed or ruled out using pPOCUS, which can enable faster and more suitable goal-directed treatment and hospital transport. This article critically discusses relevant data, clinical benefits, limitations and challenges to be overcome when using pPOCUS for the most important life-threatening situations and aims to call for intensifying training and the extensive use of pPOCUS.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141768274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01444-y
Jana Vienna Rödler, Sabrina Hilgers, Marc Rüppel, Philipp Föhr, Andreas Hohn, Emmanuel Chorianopoulos, Sebastian Bergrath
{"title":"[Indications and success rate of endotracheal emergency intubation in clinical acute and emergency medicine].","authors":"Jana Vienna Rödler, Sabrina Hilgers, Marc Rüppel, Philipp Föhr, Andreas Hohn, Emmanuel Chorianopoulos, Sebastian Bergrath","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01444-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01444-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Securing the airway in the emergency department (ED) is a high-stakes procedure; however, the primary success and complication rate are largely unknown in Germany. The aim of this study was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected resuscitation room data for endotracheal intubation (ETI) regarding indications, performance and complications.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2023 all ETIs conducted in the ED (Kliniken Maria Hilf, Moenchengladbach, Germany) were analyzed following approval by the ethics committee (EK 23-369). Primary intubations performed by the anesthesiology department were excluded. The core medical team of the ED underwent a six-week training program including a two-week anesthesia rotation prior to performing ETI in the ED. There were standard operating procedures (SOP) for both rapid sequence induction (RSI) and airway exchange with a placed laryngeal tube (LT) utilizing video laryngoscopy (C-Mac, Storz), rocuronium for relaxation and primary intubation with an elastic bougie. The primary success rate, overall success rate and intubation-related complications were analyzed. Additionally, the factor of consultant ED staff and residents was evaluated with respect to the primary success rate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period 499 patients were intubated by the core ED team and 28 patients underwent airway exchange from LT to ETI. Primary success could be achieved in 489/499 (98.0%) ETI and in 25/28 (89.3%) LT exchange patients. Surgically achieved securing of the airway was carried out in 5/527 (0.9%) patients in a cannot intubate situation and 11/527 (2.2%) patients suffered cardiac arrest minutes after the ETI. The overall first pass success rate of endotracheal tube placement was 514/527 (97.4%). The comparison of the primary success of consultants (168/175; 96.0%) vs. residents 320/325 (98.5%) yielded no significant differences (p = 0.08).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In clinical acute and emergency medicine, a standardized approach utilizing video laryngoscopy and a bougie following a structured training concept, can achieve an above-average high primary success rate with simultaneous low severe complications in the high-risk collective of critically ill emergency patients in an intrahospital setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian Hafner, Philipp M Lepper, Ralf M Muellenbach, Hermann Wrigge, Onnen Moerer, Peter Spieth, Hendrik Bracht
{"title":"[Prone positioning for acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults : Update on the physiological effects, indications and implementation].","authors":"Sebastian Hafner, Philipp M Lepper, Ralf M Muellenbach, Hermann Wrigge, Onnen Moerer, Peter Spieth, Hendrik Bracht","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01439-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01439-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prone position is an immediately available and easily implemented procedure that was introduced more than 50 years ago as a method for improvement of gas exchange in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In the meantime, a survival advantage could also be shown in patients with severe ARDS, which led to the recommendation of the prone position for treatment of severe ARDS by expert consensus and specialist society guidelines. The continuing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic moved the prone position to the forefront of medicine, including the widespread implementation of the prone position for awake, spontaneously breathing nonintubated patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory insufficiency. The survival advantage is possible due to a reduction of the ventilator-associated lung damage. In this article, the physiological effects, data on clinical results, practical considerations and open questions with respect to the prone position are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141857284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}