Why the study?
Profound hypotension is common in surgical patients and linked to hypoperfusion and organ failure, but is currently addressed only after low blood pressure is recorded.
Early detection of oncoming perioperative hypotension is of paramount importance to allow prompt treatment and reduce hypotensive episodes.
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May encourage earlier perioperative hypotension detection; leaves open validation through randomized trials.
The primary determinant of organ perfusion is blood pressure. On the other hand, profound hypotension is common in surgical patients and is connected to hypoperfusion and organ failure. Currently, hypotension is addressed once low blood pressure levels are recorded. Early detection of oncoming hypotension or its clinical prediction is of paramount importance in allowing the clinician to treat hypotension and reduce the incidence and length of hypotensive episodes promptly and aggressively.
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