Conferences

Past Conferences

POQI-9 - Perioperative Right Heart Function

New Orleans, LA. December 2022

Workgroups:

• Assessment of right ventricular function
  
• Management of right ventricular failure
  
• Physiology of right heart function

Publications

POQI-8 - Sacramento, CA. October 2021. Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery

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 - Cambridge, UK. Sept 2019. Perioperative AKI

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.

Publications

POQI 6 - Dallas, TX. Dec 2018. Role of Neuromonitoring in Perioperative Outcomes

Workgroups:

• Postoperative Delirium Prevention
  
• Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  
• Processed EEG

Publications

POQI 5 - Durham, NC. June 2018. Fluid Physiology

Workgroups:

• Fluid responsiveness and venous capacitance
  
• Total body water and electrolytes, modified Starling forces, and lymph drainage

Publications

POQI 4 - Nashville, TN. January 2018. Opioids and perioperative medicine.

Workgroups:

• Burden of opioids
  
• Opioid minimization and opioid free anesthesia
  
• Perioperative management of patients on chronic opioids

Publications

POQI 3 - London, UK. July 2017. Perioperative blood pressure.

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 - Stony Brook, NY. Dec 2016. Emerging Concepts within Enhanced Recovery Pathways.

Workgroups:

• Patient reported outcomes
  
• Perioperative nutrition
  
• Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

Publications

POQI 1 - Durham, NC. March 2016. Key topics within Enhanced Recovery for colorectal surgery

Workgroups:

• Perioperative fluid management
  
• Perioperative analgesia
  
• Preventing nosocomial infection
  
• Measurement to maintain and improve quality of Enhanced Recovery Pathways

Publications