Conferences
Past Conferences
POQI 21 - Enhanced PostOperative Care (EPOC)
San Antonio, TX, USA. October 2025
Publications
POQI 20 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Perioperative Care
London, UK. July 2025
Publications
POQI 19 - Value Proposition of Perioperative Medicine. Phase IV - Actionable Solutions
Melbourne, Australia. November 2024
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POQI 18 - Shared Decision Making
Melbourne, Australia. October 2024
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POQI 17 - Best Practice in Perioperative Nutrition
Southampton, UK. June 2024
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POQI 16 - Defining the Value Proposition of Perioperative Medicine. Phase III - Global Focus
Singapore. March, 2024
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POQI 15 - Surgery School
Virtual. January-March 2024 (4 meetings)
Publications
POQI14 - Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support
San Antonio, TX, USA. January 2024
POQI-13 - Defining the Value Proposition for Perioperative Medicine. Phase II - United States Perspectives
Charlotte, NC, USA. November 2023
POQI-12 - Defining the Value Proposition for Perioperative Medicine. Phase I - Principles and Underlying Concepts
Kinsale & Killarney, Ireland. September 2023
POQI-11 - Best Practices in Perioperative Medicine
London, UK. July 2023
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POQI-10 - Gut as Motor of Multiple Organ Failure
Cleveland, OH, USA. June 2023
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POQI-9 - Perioperative Right Heart Function
New Orleans, LA, USA. December 2022
Workgroups:
- Assessment of right ventricular function
- Management of right ventricular failure
- Physiology of right heart function
Publications
POQI-8 - Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery
Sacramento, CA, USA. October 2021
Joint meeting with the Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery society (www.erascardiac.org)
Workgroups
- Minimizing opioid use in cardiac surgery
- Patient blood management before, during and after cardiac surgery
- Prevention of cardiac surgery-associated AKI
Publications
POQI 7 - Perioperative AKI
Cambridge, UK. Sept 2019
Joint meeting with the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI).
Workgroups:
- Epidemiology of peri-operative AKI
- Definitions of peri-operative AKI
- Prevention strategies for patients at high risk of peri-operative AKI.
- Prognosis and treatment for patients developing peri-operative AKI.
- Outcomes after peri-operative AKI and long-0term management.
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POQI 6 - Role of Neuromonitoring in Perioperative Outcomes
Dallas, TX, USA. Dec 2018
Workgroups:
- Postoperative Delirium Prevention
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
- Processed EEG
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POQI 5 - Fluid Physiology
Durham, NC, USA. June 2018
Workgroups:
- Fluid responsiveness and venous capacitance
- Total body water and electrolytes, modified Starling forces, and lymph drainage
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POQI 4 - Opioids and perioperative medicine
Nashville, TN, USA. January 2018
Workgroups:
- Burden of opioids
- Opioid minimization and opioid free anesthesia
- Perioperative management of patients on chronic opioids
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POQI 3 - Perioperative blood pressure
London, UK. July 2017
Workgroups:
- Physiology of BP control
- Preoperative BP: risks, goals, and outcomes
- Intraoperative BP: risks, goals, and outcomes
- Postoperative BP: risks, goals, and outcomes
Publications
POQI 2 - Emerging Concepts within Enhanced Recovery Pathways
Stony Brook, NY, USA. Dec 2016
Workgroups:
- Patient reported outcomes
- Perioperative nutrition
- Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
Publications
POQI 1 - Key topics within Enhanced Recovery for colorectal surgery
Durham, NC, USA. March 2016
Workgroups:
- Perioperative fluid management
- Perioperative analgesia
- Preventing nosocomial infection
- Measurement to maintain and improve quality of Enhanced Recovery Pathways
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