Key result
Careful perioperative planning and care, combined with an understanding of pathophysiology and pharmacology, allows patients with pulmonary hypertension to safely undergo elective surgical procedures.
Provides a review of perioperative preparation and anesthetic management for patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension undergoing elective noncardiac surgery.
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May support safe elective surgery in pulmonary hypertension with meticulous planning; extends reviews but leaves open need for prospective trials.
MacKnight et al. (2008) conducted a review in Pulmonary Hypertension. Anesthetic management and perioperative care was evaluated. Careful perioperative planning and care, combined with an understanding of pathophysiology and pharmacology, allows patients with pulmonary hypertension to safely undergo elective surgical procedures.
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