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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2004 4(5):169-171; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkh046
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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain | Volume 4 Number 5 2004 © The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia 2004

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99. Hypertension in surgical patients:
  1. Is associated with cardiovascular instability for both pressure and heart rate.
  2. Increases the risk of hypertensive crises in response to stimuli.
  3. May contribute to increased postoperative cardiac morbidity, but not mortality.
  4. Can be ignored if it is purely systolic.
  5. Should be treated preoperatively if >180/110 mm Hg on more than two occasions.

100. The anaesthetic management of hypertensive patients should:
  1. Be decided exclusively on the blood pressure.
  2. Include a thorough investigations of target organ involvement.
  3. Disregard ‘white coat’ hypertension as irrelevant.
  4. Include measurement of more than one blood pressure before the patient presents for surgery.
  5. Involve the use of balanced anaesthesia.

101. The preoperative evaluation should include:
  1. The search for evidence of secondary hypertension.
  2. The rapid, i.v. correction of hypokalaemia where present.
  3. A detailed examination of the patients on-going medication with a view to replacing diuretics and ß-blockers by ACE . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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