"Perioperative hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment"

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Netharland Journal of Critical Care

2011, Volume 15, Issue 3 : 143-148

Review

"Perioperative hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment"

Soto-Ruiz K.M.

Peacock W.F.

Varon J.

Dorrington Medical Associates, Houston, Texas and School of medicine, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico

Department of Emergency Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, United States

Abstract

With hypertension affecting more people every year, it is commonly encountered in the perioperative setting by anaesthesiologists, surgeons, intensivists, and internists. The presence of perioperative hypertension poses a risk for patients that can affect the morbidity and mortality of a surgical procedure. Despite well documented findings of complications that can arise from this condition, and the beneficial effects of therapeutic management, there are few diagnostic or treatment guidelines. Multiple agents can be used in the acute setting of perioperative hypertension, however some of the agents currently available are less than ideal. We have reviewed current and emerging pharmacological agents available. Copyright © 2011, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Intensive Care.

Keywords

Cardiac surgery

Hypertension

Hypertension management

Hypertensive crisis

Perioperative

Postoperative

Preoperative

Surgery

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