Anaesthesia guidelines

23 current anaesthesia guidelines from national agencies, European societies, and HTA bodies, across 6 source groups. eUvidence anchors anaesthesia answers to this guidance; each entry links to the issuing body’s own page.

European societies· 6

• European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Guidelines 2025: Post-Resuscitation Care

  ERC · European Resuscitation Council / European Society of Intensive Care Medicine · 2025

• Update of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Evidence-Based and Consensus-Based Guideline on Postoperative Delirium in Adult Patients

  ESAIC · European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care · 2024

• European Guidelines on Peri-Operative Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis: First Update

  ESAIC · European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care · 2024

• Management of Severe Peri-Operative Bleeding: Guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (Second Update 2022)

  ESAIC · European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care · 2023

• ESAIC Focused Guideline for the Use of Cardiac Biomarkers in Perioperative Risk Evaluation

  ESAIC · European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care · 2023

• Regional Anaesthesia in Patients on Antithrombotic Drugs: Joint ESAIC/ESRA Guidelines

  ESRA · European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care / European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy · 2022

France· 3

• Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Surgery and Interventional Medicine (Adult Patients) - Formalised Expert Recommendations

  SFAR · Societe Francaise d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation · 2024 · recommendation

• Patient Blood Management in the Pre-, Intra- and Postoperative Period and in Obstetrics

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2022 · recommendation

• Management of Antiplatelet Agents for Unscheduled Invasive Procedures or Bleeding (GIHP/GFHT in collaboration with SFAR)

  SFAR · Societe Francaise d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation · 2019 · recommendation

Germany· 5

• Perioperative Care of Patients with Frailty (S3 Guideline)

  DGAI · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin · 2026

• Analgesia, Sedation and Delirium Management in Intensive Care Medicine (DAS Guideline)

  DGAI · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin · 2025

• Intravascular Volume Therapy in Adults (S3 Guideline)

  DGAI · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin · 2025

• Perioperative and Periinterventional Antibiotic Prophylaxis (S3 Guideline)

  DGAI · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin · 2025

• Airway Management (S1 Guideline)

  DGAI · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin · 2023

Italy· 3

• Good Use of Opioid Drugs in the Treatment of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in Adults

  SIAARTI · Societa Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva · 2024

• Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

  SIAARTI · Societa Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva · 2024

• Palliative Sedation in Adults

  SIAARTI · Societa Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva / Societa Italiana di Cure Palliative · 2023

Netherlands· 3

• Elective Procedures Under Procedural Sedation and/or Analgesia in Adults

  FMS · Federatie Medisch Specialisten · 2023

• Step 2: Preoperative Anaesthesiological Assessment

  FMS · Federatie Medisch Specialisten · 2023

• Paracetamol for Postoperative Pain

  FMS · Federatie Medisch Specialisten · 2023

United Kingdom· 3

• Difficult Airway Society 2025 Guidelines for Management of Unanticipated Difficult Tracheal Intubation in Adults

  DAS · Difficult Airway Society · 2025

• Recommendations for Standards of Monitoring During Anaesthesia and Recovery 2021

  AoA · Association of Anaesthetists · 2021

• Perioperative Care in Adults

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2020