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
Evaluation of respiratory muscle training interventions on pulmonary function in critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Evaluation of respiratory muscle training interventions on pulmonary function in critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.046
Pilot regional analysis of emergency medical services and medication efficacy in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Pilot regional analysis of emergency medical services and medication efficacy in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.047
Impact of population aging on survival outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective observational cohort study
Impact of population aging on survival outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective observational cohort study
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.048
Frostbite fallout: analyzing cold burn injuries from the February 2023 twin earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Frostbite fallout: analyzing cold burn injuries from the February 2023 twin earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.049
Association between prehospital intravenous fluid administration with oxygen supplementation and the delta shock index for trauma-suspected shock without hypoxia
Association between prehospital intravenous fluid administration with oxygen supplementation and the delta shock index for trauma-suspected shock without hypoxia
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.050
Association and predictive value of SII, SIRI and CD4/CD8 ratio with acute onset of bronchial asthma
Association and predictive value of SII, SIRI and CD4/CD8 ratio with acute onset of bronchial asthma
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.051
Comparison of TIVA and sevoflurane: ensuring hemodynamic and respiratory stability in prone position spinal surgeries: a randomized controlled trial
Comparison of TIVA and sevoflurane: ensuring hemodynamic and respiratory stability in prone position spinal surgeries: a randomized controlled trial
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.052
Effects of pericapsular nerve group block on patients under spinal anesthesia for total hip arthroplasty: a randomized, controlled, double-blind study
Effects of pericapsular nerve group block on patients under spinal anesthesia for total hip arthroplasty: a randomized, controlled, double-blind study
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.045
Analysis of early in-hospital mortality risk factors in patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection involving coronary arteries after surgery
Analysis of early in-hospital mortality risk factors in patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection involving coronary arteries after surgery
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.054
The effect of upper endoscopic procedures under sedation on ventricular repolarization: retrospective study
The effect of upper endoscopic procedures under sedation on ventricular repolarization: retrospective study
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.055
Comparison of mNutric score and NRS-2002 screening tools in neurosurgery intensive care units
Comparison of mNutric score and NRS-2002 screening tools in neurosurgery intensive care units
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.057
The impact of mild and moderate to severe acute gastrointestinal injury on disease prognosis in ECMO-supported patients
The impact of mild and moderate to severe acute gastrointestinal injury on disease prognosis in ECMO-supported patients
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.058
Published Ahead of Print
Effects of bupivacaine wound infiltration and transversus abdominus plane block on healing and postoperative adhesion of colonic anastomosis in rats
Effects of bupivacaine wound infiltration and transversus abdominus plane block on healing and postoperative adhesion of colonic anastomosis in rats
Online publish date: 19 February 2025
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2025.029
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
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
AI Horizons: Revolutionizing Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Keywords: Anesthesia; Critical Care Medicine; Pain Medicine; Artificial Intelligence; Large Language Models; Natural Language Processing; Big Data; Data Science; Machine Learning
Editor: Prof. Marco Cascella
Submission deadline: 31 December 2024
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
21st Panhellenic Congress on Regional Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Palliative Care
Keywords: Regional Anaesthesia, Pain Management, Palliative Care, PARH.SY.A., ESRA HELLAS, the A’ Anaesthesiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens
Editor: Dr. Ioanna Siafaka, MD, PhD,Dr. Maria Kokolaki, MD, PhD,Dr. Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP,Dr. Evmorfia Stavropoulou, MD, PhD, EDRA,Dr. Eleni Moka, MD, PhD, MSc, EDRA
Submission deadline: 27 May 2022
Selected papers from Korean Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in 2021
Keywords: Cardiac arrest, Resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, guidelines, outcome
Editor: Prof. Won Young Kim, MD, PhD
Submission deadline: 01 June 2022
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Join Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief
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.