Wintermeeting 2024 : Stefan Schraag

The different models implemented in TCI:how it happend and who is responsible Stefan Schraag Saturday 10:30-11:00 Who safeguards PK models? It is a tricky task for most to develop a pharmacokinetic model. It gets even more difficult to publish one without any typos. And then, once you…

TIVA vs Volatiles: The eternal debate

Why are we still talking about volatile anaesthesia? Why do anaesthetists feel comfortable with sticking to old practice and don’t feel the need to progress? And why does the medical literature offer so little to support this change? I remember when I was teaching a trainee during the end…

A reflection on the effect site

Last week I was at the dentist needing a minor procedure that involved having a local anaesthetic. As the I was sitting in the dental chair receiving the injection and experiencing the numbness spreading, I was thinking about the effect site. The concept of the effect site was first described…

A message from the chairman

My name is Stefan Schraag. Since 2008 I have been chairing the Board of EuroSIVA, a handpicked selection of experts in the field of clinical pharmacology, research and monitoring. Together, we have achieved to establish a team of expertise in many areas of intravenous anaesthesia and target-controlled infusion (TCI). Over…