Signa Vitae
Print ISSN: 1334-5605 | Online ISSN: 1845-206X
Signa Vitae (SV) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that aims to be an unbiased and permanent forum for the fields of emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, anesthesia and pain medicine. It focuses on the latest research advances in these fields, including Disease prevention, diagnose, treatment and prognosis, Disease etiology, pathophysiology, and molecular mechanisms, Health care, Medical personnel health, Facilities and equipment, Teaching and training, Organization and management, Information and techniques, Drug application, etc. As a tool for easier and more effective experiences and science sharing, SV aims to provide professionals dedicated to all these relevant fields with cutting-edge techniques and information.
Articles
Should inhalation anesthetics with large global warming potentials be banned?
Should inhalation anesthetics with large global warming potentials be banned?
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.122
Carbon footprint and sustainable development in anesthesia: a narrative review
Carbon footprint and sustainable development in anesthesia: a narrative review
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.123
High flow nasal cannula for preoxygenation in rapid sequence intubation: a narrative review
High flow nasal cannula for preoxygenation in rapid sequence intubation: a narrative review
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.124
Pain, functional independence, and psychological distress as determinants of health-related quality of life in post-acute recovery phase following extremity injury
Pain, functional independence, and psychological distress as determinants of health-related quality of life in post-acute recovery phase following extremity injury
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.125
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Critical Interventions: Enhancing Emergency Medical Services through Interdisciplinary Research)
Itchy skin diseases in the emergency department before and after the earthquakes
Itchy skin diseases in the emergency department before and after the earthquakes
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.126
Prevalence and consequences of central venous catheter malposition in critically ill pediatric patients
Prevalence and consequences of central venous catheter malposition in critically ill pediatric patients
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.127
Omega-3 fatty acid intake and sudden cardiac arrest incidence in males and females : a case-control multicenter study
Omega-3 fatty acid intake and sudden cardiac arrest incidence in males and females : a case-control multicenter study
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.128
Diagnostic and prognostic value of optic nerve sheath diameter in methanol intoxication
Diagnostic and prognostic value of optic nerve sheath diameter in methanol intoxication
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.129
Intraoperative fluids and postoperative renal function in major gyneco-oncologic surgery: a retrospective study
Intraoperative fluids and postoperative renal function in major gyneco-oncologic surgery: a retrospective study
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.130
Emergency residents' skill level in chest X-ray interpretation
Emergency residents' skill level in chest X-ray interpretation
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.131
The effect of lactate to albumin ratio on mortality in pediatric trauma patients
The effect of lactate to albumin ratio on mortality in pediatric trauma patients
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.132
Clinical characteristics and molecular mechanisms of thrombocytopenia in patients with community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli bloodstream infections
Clinical characteristics and molecular mechanisms of thrombocytopenia in patients with community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli bloodstream infections
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.134
Hemodynamic effects of desflurane and sevoflurane low-flow anesthesia for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Hemodynamic effects of desflurane and sevoflurane low-flow anesthesia for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.135
Acute liver injury following re-exposure to sevoflurane after a 12-year interval
Acute liver injury following re-exposure to sevoflurane after a 12-year interval
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.136
Published Ahead of Print
Crush syndrome outcomes after earthquake
Crush syndrome outcomes after earthquake
Online publish date: 10 September 2025
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.137
Is ChatGPT able to interpret arterial blood gas analysis?A comparative cross-sectional study
Is ChatGPT able to interpret arterial blood gas analysis?A comparative cross-sectional study
Online publish date: 10 September 2025
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.138
Erector spinae plane block for breast surgery: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Erector spinae plane block for breast surgery: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Online publish date: 12 August 2025
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.121
Comparison of modified thoracoabdominal nerve block through perichondral approach (M-TAPA block) and trocar site local anesthetic infiltration for pain management in total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a randomized-controlled trial
Comparison of modified thoracoabdominal nerve block through perichondral approach (M-TAPA block) and trocar site local anesthetic infiltration for pain management in total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a randomized-controlled trial
Online publish date: 24 July 2025
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.106
Comparative analysis of standard versus prolonged prone positioning in C-ARDS: outcomes on oxygenation and respiratory mechanics
Comparative analysis of standard versus prolonged prone positioning in C-ARDS: outcomes on oxygenation and respiratory mechanics
Online publish date: 30 May 2025
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.077
Special Issues
Optimization of Cardiovascular Dynamics in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Keywords: Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology; Cardiovascular Dynamics; Hemodynamics
Editor: Prof. Dr. Athanasios Chalkias, MD, MSc, PhD, FESC, FAcadTM, FCP, FESAIC,Dr. Paraskevi Tselioti, MD, PhD
Submission deadline: 31 December 2025
Acute Trauma: Immediate Interventions, Long-Term Impacts, Advancements, and Medico-legal Evaluation
Keywords: EMS; Trauma Management; Healthcare System Preparedness; Medico-Legal Evaluation
Editor: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Basile, MD,Dr. Luca Bianco Prevot, MD,Dr. Vittorio Bolcato, MD
Submission deadline: 31 January 2026
Advances in Emergency Cardiac Care
Keywords: Ischemic Heart Disease; Heart Failure; Arrhythmia; Defibrillation; PCI; Telemedicine; Resuscitation
Editor: Prof. Dr. Ozgur Karcioglu, MD, FEMAT,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Canan Akman, MD
Submission deadline: 01 March 2026
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock
Keywords: Diagnosis; Management; Sepsis; Septic Shock; Lactate Hypotension; Vasopressors
Editor: Prof. Dr. Ozgur Karcioglu, MD,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Feride Sinem AKGUN, MD,Assist. Prof. Dr. Betul AKBUGA OZEL, MD
Submission deadline: 01 May 2026
2025 Annual Meeting of Taiwanese Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management (TSRA-PM) in Conjunction with International Symposium of Regional Anesthesia Asia (RA Asia)
Keywords: Regional Anesthesia; Pain Medicine; Anatomy
Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jui-An Lin, MD, PhD,Assist. Prof. Dr. Kuo-Chuan Hung, MD,Enoch Yi-No Kang,Prof. Dr. Ke-Vin Chang, MD, PhD, CIPS, RMSK, ASRA-PMUC,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wu Shao Chun, MD,Dr. Shang-Ru Yeoh, MD, MSc
Submission deadline: 01 August 2026
Critical Interventions: Enhancing Emergency Medical Services through Interdisciplinary Research
Keywords: Emergency Medical Services; Interdisciplinary Research in EMS; Pre-hospital Care Technologies; Crisis Management in Healthcare; Psychological Aspects of EMS; Public Health and Emergency Services
Editor: Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Goniewicz, PhD,Prof. Dr. Ahmed M. Al-Wathinani, PhD
Submission deadline: 28 February 2025
Advances in Obstetric Anaesthesia
Keywords: Obstetric Anaesthesia; Epidural Analgesia; Remifentanil-PCA; Labour and Delivery Outcomes; Quality Control in Perinatology and Obstetric Anaesthesia; ROTEM; Obstetric Haemorrhage; Preeclampsia
Editor: Prof. Tatjana Stopar Pintarič, MD, PhD, DEAA
Submission deadline: 31 December 2023
Cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care: current challenges and novelties
Keywords: cardiac anaesthesia, thoracic anaesthesia, intensive care, education, innovation, perioperative medicine, healthcare, outcomes, challenges
Editor: Dr. Marko Zdravkovic, MD, PhD
Submission deadline: 30 November 2022
Selected papers from Korean Society of Emergency Medicine (KSEM) in 2021-2022
Keywords: Emergency medicine
Editor: Kyungwon Lee, MD, PhD,Young Duck Cho, MD, PhD
Submission deadline: 31 December 2022
Medical Simulation - success in education, future of science
Keywords: medical simulation, emergency medicine, medical education
Editor: Tomasz Kłosiewicz, MD, MSc,Mateusz Puślecki, PhD
Submission deadline: 31 December 2022
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Prof. Giovanni Landoni, MD
Prof Giovanni Landoni, MD, is currently Full Professor and Residency Program Director of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. He’s also Director of the Center for Intensive Care and Anesthesiology of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. His strong clinical and research interests in intensive care and anesthesia resulted in more than 700 scientific publications in indexed journals, cited >20,000 times, h-index=75 on Scopus and 95 on Scholar, including randomized trials on NEJM, Lancet, and JAMA, and over 100 invitations in international congresses. He participated to 47 randomized controlled trials. Prof Landoni was Chief Investigator in successfully completed multicenter randomized clinical trials that randomized > 10,000 critically ill or perioperative patients over the last 10 years. He served as reviewer for over 50 journals (NEJM, JAMA, and The Lancet among others) and for foreign grant agencies, and he is member of the Editorial Board of several international journals.