Why the study?
What is the optimal intra/postoperative management strategy for acute hypertension in cardiac surgery patients?
Population
Patients undergoing routine cardiac surgery experiencing acute hypertension in the perioperative period
Design
Review
Authors
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May support short-acting selective IV agents for postoperative hypertension; hypothesis-generating pending randomized outcome trials.
What is the optimal intra/postoperative management strategy for acute hypertension in cardiac surgery patients?
The ideal agent for postoperative hypertension in cardiac surgery should have a rapid onset, high vascular selectivity, and rapid reversibility to safely manage blood pressure without overshoot hypotension.
Albert T. Cheung (2006) studied this question.
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