Orthopaedic anaesthesia Wednesday 11 March 2015 Organiser: Dr Jan Cernovsky, Stanmore Programme New prophylaxis for orthopaedic procedures. Antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with malignancies Dr Simon Warren, Infection consultant, London Malignancies and immunosupression in orthopaedic practice. What do we need to know? Dr Charalampia Kyriakou, Haematology consultant, London An update on novel oral Anticoagulants, bleeding and transfusion for orthopaedic surgery Dr Ravi Gill, Southampton Bleeding and anti-platelet therapy in orthopaedic and non-cardiac surgery Dr Ramanathan Kasivisvanathan, Enfield What we expect from tranexamic acid is not always what we get Dr Vijayaraghavan Ramesh, Stanmore What is there for doctors? - Consent Dr John Barcroft, Stanmore CPEX is good but not always the answer for orthopaedic preassessment Dr Munita Grover, London