"TopMedTalk Down Under" presents more 'as live' coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting.

This piece looks at the complexities of anesthesia management and ongoing efforts to improve patient outcomes, particularly in terms of cognitive function and delirium prevention in the postoperative period.

Presented by Andy Cumpstey, Clinical lecturer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton, England, and Kate Leslie, Professor, Specialist Anaesthetist and Head of Research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne with their guests Deborah Culley, Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania and Jamie Sleigh, Professor of Anesthesia at Waikato Clinical Campus, of the University of Auckland in New Zealand.