2025 Perioperative Care Congress (PCC)
David Braley Health Sciences Centre
100 Main St W, Hamilton, ON

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If you select to attend virtually: PLEASE NOTE THAT A ZOOM REGISTRATION LINK FOR EACH DAY OF THE PCC WILL BE SENT ON THE WEEK OF THE CONFERENCE.
You will receive this link via email from: Michael Litresits – michael@moonsunmusik.com
PLEASE DISREGARD THE STREAMING LINK RECEIVED FROM POINT OF SALE
Learning Objectives for this program include:
- Describe perioperative bleeding: TRACTION, POISE 2 and 3, and PRICE trials, perioperative tranexamic and aspirin use in non-cardiac surgery, and a debate liver resection surgery and tranexamic acid use.
- Review of cardiac surgery and IV amino acids for renal protection, perioperative complications and 30-day and 1-year mortality, benzodiazepine use in cardiac anesthesia, management of post cardiac surgery atrial fibrillation, and a chain reaction panel discussion on perioperative individual RCTs vs cluster crossover trials.
- Recognize perioperative neurocognitive outcomes: PRECISION and Co-TELE-SURGE trials, and relationship between PFO and ischemic stroke and a campfire session on who and how to screen for covert stroke.
- Describe and review perioperative monitoring: PVC-RAM-3 and OPTIMIZE II trials, troponin and hip fracture, PoC assessment for post-induction
hypotension and continuous wireless vital sign monitoring vs standard intermittent monitoring. - Review and discuss perioperative drug management: renin-angiotensin inhibitors (RAIs), GLP-1 inhibitors, management of postoperative myocardial injury and a fireside chat on management of chronic ARIs at the time of surgery.
- Discuss, review, and describe prehabilitation and postoperative pain: PREVENT MINS trial, prehabilitation interventions, incidence and risks for postoperative pain and patient characteristics and 30-day readmission after non-cardiac surgery.
We are looking forward to seeing you all in Hamilton !
2025 Perioperative Care Congress Sponsor
Program Details
Planning Committee
- Flavia Kessler Borges (McMaster, GIM)
- PJ Devereaux (McMaster, Cardiology)
- Emmanuelle Duceppe (University of Montreal, GIM)
- Ameen Patel (McMaster, GIM)
Scientific Planning Committee
- Rebecca Auer
- Emilie Belley-Côté
- Amal Bessissow
- Flavia Kessler Borges
- PJ Devereaux
- Gabriel Dion
- Laura Drudi
- Emmanuelle Duceppe
- Mario Gaudino
- Raja Jayaram
- James Khan
- Manoj Lalu
- Su-Yin MacDonell
- Maura Marcucci
- Micheal McGillion
- Erin Morley
- Carley Oulette
- Lily Park
- Ameen Patel
- Daniel I Sessler
- Deborah Siegal
- Alben Sigamani
- Wojciech Szczeklik
- Vikas Tandon
- Kari Tikkinen
- David Torres
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