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POQI work groups
POQI I conference directors
• Timothy E Miller, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA.
• Andrew D Shaw, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
• Michael G Mythen, Department of Anaesthesia, University College London, London, UK.
• Tong J Gan, Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY, USA.
Group A – analgesia
• Matthew D. McEvoy, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA (chair).
• Michael J. Scott, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Hospital, Surrey, UK (co-chair).
• Deborah Gordon, RN, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington.
• Stuart Grant, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA.
• Julie K.M. Thacker, Division of Advanced Oncologic and GI Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA.
• Christopher L. Wu, Department of Anesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA.
Group B – fluids
• Robert H. Thiele, Departments of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia School of Medicine, VA, USA (chair).
• Karthik Raghunathan, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, USA (co-chair).
• CS Brudney, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, USA.
• Dileep N Lobo, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
• Dr. Daniel Martin, Royal free Perioperative Research Group, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
• Anthony Senagore, Department of Surgery, University of Texas-Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
Group C – infection
• Stefan D Holubar, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH, USA (chair).
• Traci Hedrick, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, VA, USA (co-chair).
• John Kellum, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• Ruchir Gupta, Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY, USA.
• Mark Hamilton, Department of Anaesthesia, St. George’s Hospital and Medical School, London, UK.
Group D – outcomes
• S. Ramani Moonesinghe, Department of Anaesthesia, University College London, London, UK. (chair).
• Mike PW Grocott, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University of Southampton, UK (co-chair).
• Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY, USA.
• Thomas J Hopkins, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA.
• Roberto Bergamaschi, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY, USA.
• Stuart McCluskey, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Vijaya Gottumukkala, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Funding
The POQI meeting received financial assistance from Baxter, Cheetah Medical, Edwards Life Sciences, Mallinckrodt, and Pacira.
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Authors’ contributions
All authors contributed to the development of this manuscript, agree to its contents, and approved its final version.
Competing interests
SRM is supported by grants from the Health Foundation (Improvement Science Fellowship) and the UCLH NIHR Biomedical Research Centre where she is a member of the Faculty. She also received funding for her role as Director of the National Institute for Academic Anaesthesia’s Health Services Research Centre. She is associate National Clinical Director for elective care for NHS England. MG is National Specialty Lead for Anaesthesia Perioperative Medicine and Pain for the UK National Institute of Health Research Clinical Research Network, serves on the Board and Research Council member of the UK National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia and is an elected council member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and an elected board member of the UK Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine. MG serves on the medical Advisory Board of Sphere Medical and has received honoraria for speaking and/or travel expenses (last 5 years) from Edwards Lifesciences. TH is a consultant for Cheetah Medical and Teleflex. TJG has received honoraria from Edwards, Mallinckrodt, Merck and Pacira. MGM is Smiths Medical Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care UCL and a Consultant at UCLH. He is Director of the UCL Centre for Anaesthesia and The UCL Discovery Lab and a resident PI at the Institute of Spots Exercise and Health. He is a paid Consultant for Edwards Lifesciences (via UCL Consulting and independently) and Deltex in the USA. He was a National Clinical Advisor for the Department of Health Enhanced Recovery Partnership until May 2013; stockholder and advisory board for Medical Defence Technologies LLC—(“Gastrostim” patented); Director Bloomsbury Innovation Group—a community interest company owned by UCLH Charity; Co-Inventor of “QUENCH” (fluid management system) IP being exploited by UCL Business. MGM’s institution has also received charitable donations and grants from Smiths Medical Endowment and Deltex Medical. MGM was also co-author of the GIFTASUP guidelines on perioperative fluid management; Editor in Chief of Perioperative Medicine; on the Editorial Board of the BJA and Critical Care; a member of the Improving Surgical Outcomes Group; Expert advisor to the NICE IV fluids guideline development group; Chairman of the Board of The National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia; Co-Director Xtreme Everest; Co-Chair Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM). ADS is a Consultant for Astute Medical and Edwards Lifesciences. He is on the Scientific Advisory Board for Thrasos and Battelle and DSMB chair for AM Pharma. TEM has received research funding for Edwards Lifesciences and is a consultant for Edwards LIfesciences and Cheetah Medical.
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