Perioperative brain health is an emerging initiative that focuses on cognitive recovery after surgery and anesthesia. This tutorial discusses the relevant terminology, and its significance in optimizing perioperative care; and proposes care bundles for risk reduction and management.

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The present tutorial provides practical guidance for the perioperative physician encountering a patient on an antithrombotic agent, a scenario that is becoming increasingly prevalent in a comorbid and older surgical population.

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Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is an invaluable tool in paediatric anaesthesiology. This tutorial will review the indications for diagnostic POCUS (cardiac, lung, airway, and abdomen) most relevant to paediatric anaesthesiology, and discuss POCUS training and credentialing.

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This tutorial explores the indications, contra-indications and complications of the intra-aortic balloon pump. With a particular focus on the physiological concepts at play with the intra-aortic balloon pump and a review of the indications for their use.

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