Why the study?
Are intraoperative blood pressure nadirs during anesthesia physiologically significant compared to normal sleep nadirs in gynecologic patients?
Population
34 gynecologic patients undergoing surgery
Comparison
Continuous monitoring of arterial blood pressure… vs Lowest pressures during physiologic sleep
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
36 hours
Authors
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May not warrant tighter targets for modest drops in non-elderly; leaves open age-specific randomized trials.
Are intraoperative blood pressure nadirs during anesthesia physiologically significant compared to normal sleep nadirs in gynecologic patients?
Intraoperative systolic blood pressure drops of up to 10% below preanesthetic standards resemble normal sleep nadirs and may not be physiologically significant, except in elderly patients.
Berger et al. (1984) studied this question.
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