From their pathophysiological origins, the two dreaded complications of acute hyperglycemia manifest themselves as ketoacidotic and/or...

Acute hypoglycemia is a life-threatening condition. Here is our overview of the most important features https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8...

Here is our overview of the importance of adequate blood sugar management in the intensive care unit. The effects primarily affect the...

An estimated 425 million people suffer from type 2 diabetes. This number alone underlines the immense importance for the perioperative...

According to the endocrinological regulation of blood glucose values, downstream transport into the cells plays a crucial role for...

The blood sugar concentration is an important target value; both acute and chronic deviations are known to lead to well-known diseases...

Here we present you with an overview of the most important facts about steroid physiology and their implications...

Knowledge of the endocrinological effects of steroids is extremely important for the anesthesiologist/intensivist physician. The most...

Compartment syndrome is an increase (above 30mmHg) in tissue pressure in osteofascial or fascial compartments and the resulting...

Exact knowledge of basic thyroid surgery is extremely important for the anesthesiologist in the perioperative and interventional...

Although some centers offer thyroid surgery under regional anesthesia, general anesthesia is the most commonly used procedure worldwide....

The thyrotoxic crisis is an acute and life-threatening metabolic imbalance that usually arises from pre-existing hyperthyroidism...

It is the daily work of the medical doctor and anesthesiologist to treat hemodynamic instabilities and, as a result, to always ensure...

It is the daily work of the medical doctor and anesthesiologist to treat hemodynamic instabilities and, as a result, to always ensure...

It is the daily work of the medical doctor and anesthesiologist to treat hemodynamic instabilities and, as a result, to always ensure...

Thrombophilia can be described as a form of impaired hemostasis with pathological thoracic formation and the resulting dangers. The...

Heparin‐induced thrombocytopenias presentate in 2 forms: HIT type 1 is the non-immunological, early and mostly harmless form. HIT type 2...

Modern perioperative medicine places particular emphasis on blood-saving measures. Here, autologous autotransfusion using cell saver is...

Regional anesthesia procedures close to the spinal cord are now indispensable companions to modern anesthesia management and analgesia...

The differential diagnosis and even the detection of transfusion-associated pathological reactions is often very complex. What makes it...

Today, impedance aggregometry is an indispensable procedure in clinical settings for detecting sufficient drug-induced inhibition of...

Today, thrombelastography is an indispensable bedside, high-precision analysis tool for complex coagulation disorders in anesthesia and...

Thombelastography is now an indispensable bedside and very fast analysis tool in the detection and treatment of complex coagulation...

Acute bleeding with anticoagulants can become highly problematic in surgical medicine. There are effective ways to antagonize many...