This piece is the first of TopMedTalk's 'as live' coverage from the 5th Collaborative Clinical Trials in Anaesthesiology Meeting, Prato, Italy. It's your chance to get virtual a place at one of the most influential gatherings of its kind in the world.

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Presented by Desiree Chappell with Monty Mythen and their guest Bruce Biccard, consultant anaesthetist at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Director, Perioperative Research Unit, Department of Anaesthetics, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine.