[Increased Arterial Blood-Pressure Previous to Elective Surgery - How to Proceed?]

Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2019 May;54(5):348-354. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-111005. Epub 2019 May 13.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Guidelines concerning the widespread disease "essential arterial hypertension" have been available for a long time. Recently, the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) and the British Hypertension Society (BHS) presented a guideline that is focused on the handling of patients suffering arterial hypertension previous to elective surgery. Is there any effort and/or benefit in postponing the operation? Within this guideline we find a concrete statement and recommendation how to deal with this question and how to evaluate the cardiovascular risk regarding this parameter.

Leitlinien zur Klassifikation und Therapie der Volkskrankheit „essenzielle Hypertonie“ sind über nationale 1 und internationale Fachgesellschaften verfügbar und unterliegen einem regelmäßigen Review- und Novellierungsprozess. Eine spezifische Leitlinie zum Management von hypertensiven Patienten in der perioperativen Sondersituation stellt ein Novum dar und richtet sich an alle im perioperativen Setting beteiligten Fachdisziplinen 3.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Pressure Determination*
  • Elective Surgical Procedures*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension*
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom