July 26, 2026
View Full PaperIntraoperative Hypotension and Complications
Key Points
- To assess the prevalence and impact of intraoperative hypotension on surgical outcomes.
- Conducted in surgical settings with randomized patients undergoing anesthesia.
- Monitored blood pressure throughout surgery to identify episodes of hypotension.
- Analyzed complications related to blood pressure drops during procedures.
- Intraoperative hypotension occurred in 30% of patients during surgery.
- Patients experiencing hypotension had a 2.5-fold increase in post-operative complications (95% CI 1.8-3.2, p<0.001).
- The rate of severe complications was significantly higher in the hypotension group, indicating increased surgical risks.
Expert Takes2 quotes
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“The importance of blood pressure control cannot be overemphasized. Even at levels that are usually well tolerated, harm can be done. Although it's one of the only modifiable factors for complications and deaths after cardiac and noncardiac surgery, there's very little consensus as to even how to define it.”
Louise Sun, Chief of cardiothoracic anesthesiology, Stanford UniversityStanford University School of Medicineauto_pipelineView source