Why the study?
Blood pressure is mainly measured as a proxy for cardiac output, so solely focusing on specific blood pressure numbers in pediatric anesthesia may not be useful or appropriate.
This educational review emphasizes the importance of considering blood pressure as a proxy for cardiac output rather than an isolated target in pediatric anesthesia.
Questions BP thresholds for hypotension in pediatric anesthesia; leaves open cardiac output-focused monitoring research.
During recent years, a lot of interest has been focused on blood pressure in the context of pediatric anesthesia, trying to define what is normal in relation to age and what numeric values that should be regarded as hypotension, needing active intervention. However, blood pressure is mainly measured as a proxy for flow, that is, cardiac output. Thus, just focusing on specific blood pressure numbers may not necessarily be very useful or appropriate. The aim of this educational review is to put the issue of intraoperative blood pressure in the context of pediatric anesthesia in further perspective.
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