Perioperative Medicine - Current Controversies

1. Perioperativemedicine: defining the anaesthesiologist's role in shaping perioperativeoutcomes; Stundner O and Memtsoudis SG.


2. Prehabilitation; Durrand J, Hackett R, Yates D, DanjouxG.

3.Impact of co-morbidities, physiological status and age on survival; CarlisleJ.

4. Transthoracic echocardiography in the preoperative clinic; Canty DJ and Royse CF.

5. Definingpostoperative quality of recovery; BowyerA and Royse CF.6. Enhanced recovery for colorectal surgery; Fawcett WJ.



7. Perioperativebeta-blockade: the pros and cons. The story of beta-blockade and cardiacprotection; Higham H and Foëx P.

8. Perioperativemanagement of the diabetic patient; SoldevilaD, Lucas AM, Zavala R, Mauricio D.

9. Perioperativemanagement of non-diabetic patients with hyperglycaemia (stress-inducedhyperglycaemia); Giménez-Pérez G,Salinas I, Puig-Domingo M and Mauricio D.

10. PostoperativePulmonary Complications; Forrest P.

11. Haemostaticresuscitation for perioperative bleeding; SpinellaPC, Pidcoke HF and Cap AP.

12. Fluidtherapy in trauma; James MFM andChappell DPD.

13. Roleof multimodal monitoring in the perioperative period: improving outcomes inhigh-risk surgical patients; Green D.

14. Canperioperative interventions during cancer surgery affect recurrence ormetastasis?; Abdelrahman D and Buggy DJ.

15. Transverseabdominis plane block: evolution and current understanding; O'Leary R-A and McDonnell JG.

16. Futureultrasound technologies for the perioperative physician; McLeod G.

17. Lungultrasound in anaesthesia and critical care medicine; Canty DJ, Haji K, Denault A and Royse, A.

18. The acute pain team; EdwardsDA, Kent M, Le-Wendling L and Tighe PJ.

19. The transition ofacute post-operative pain to acute persistent pain to chronic pain: assessingand managing the risks; Shipton EA.

Karen Stuart-Smith wasborn and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, and graduated in Physiology and Medicinefrom the University of Glasgow. She is a Fellow of the Royal College ofAnaesthetists and has enjoyed a long career as a clinical anaesthetist. Earlytraining in cardiorespiratory research led to an enthusiasm for applyingscientific methodology to clinical practice, and she is also a passionatebeliever in the role of clinical audit in assessing the quality of patientcare. Karen presently resides in New Zealand, where she continues to practiceas an anaesthetist and enjoys the outdoor lifestyle in her spare time.