Critical Care & Perioperative Medicine

Perioperative medicine is converging with critical care around prehabilitation, individualized hemodynamic targets, and reduction of intraoperative hypotension to prevent AKI and myocardial injury (MINS). GCSA 2027 will cover GLP-1 agonists and aspiration risk under updated ASA guidance, perioperative management of SGLT2 inhibitors and euglycemic DKA, and the evolving evidence on dexmedetomidine versus propofol for ICU sedation (MENDS2, A2B). Sessions also address sepsis bundles in the post-Surviving-Sepsis-2021 era, balanced crystalloids, restrictive transfusion, and structured handover and rapid-response systems.