A/Prof Laurence Weinberg

Laurence Weinberg is a staff anaesthetist at Austin Hospital. His clinical and research interests  include anaesthesia for cardiac and hepatobiliary surger y including liver transplantation. He is the  chief investigator for SPLIT-Major-Surgery study, which compared a buffered crystalloid solution to  saline on the incidence of acute kidney injury in over 1000 patients. His presentation will provide a contemporary overview of perioperative acute kidney injury including identification of risk factors, recognition of AKI, management, and outcomes.