Objectives/Hypothesis: To evaluate whether endotracheal intubations are superior to the use of laryngeal masks in the airway management for adenoidectomies in pediatric patients in terms of safety and duration of surgery.Study Design: Retrospective case series. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 1,500 adenoidectomies in children using laryngeal mask or endotracheal intubation for intraoperative ventilation between 2009 and 2017. Data collected included complications, duration of surgery, and duration of induction and emergence from anesthesia.Results: The use of laryngeal masks did not accelerate the time needed for induction and emergence of anesthesia although significantly increasing the duration of surgery itself. There also were significantly more complications during and after anesthesia when using a laryngeal mask. In 10% of the children, the laryngeal mask had to be replaced by an endotracheal tube intraoperatively.Conclusions: There is no reason to recommend the use of a laryngeal mask as the first choice of airway management regarding adenoidectomies in children.

This concept realizes complete diagnostic procedures and damage control surgery without time consuming patient transfer or rearrangement.

The Würzburg polytrauma algorithm worked well. There was excellent cooperation within the interdisciplinary leading team consisting of anaesthesiologists, surgeons, and radiologists. The principles of ATLS could be respected. Mobile whole body multislice CT was an effective tool in the diagnostic evaluation of polytrauma patients.

Modul 2 will provide the theory and practical training of the sonographically guided puncture of central and peripheral veins and arteries. In doing so patients of all age groups are taken into consideration. Combined with the content of the other modules this series of workshops, which was initiated by our society, might be a first step in defining a new core competency of our specialty. The confident use of ultrasound in vascular puncture sharpens our dedicated professional competence and will contribute to continuously improve the quality and safety of anaesthesiologic patient care.