Is intraoperative hypotension associated with increased 30-day major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery?
Intraoperative hypotension is a potentially avoidable hazard that is associated with increased short-term cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications after noncardiac surgery.
IOH during noncardiac surgery is common and associated with increased 30-day major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events. This observation is magnified with increasing hypotension severity. The potentially avoidable nature of the hazard, and the extent of the exposed population, makes hypotension in the operating room a serious public health issue that should not be ignored for any age group.
Gregory et al. (Fri,) studied this question.