The management of blood pressure in the perioperative period has acquired new relevance in recent times. This article reviews the BP targets in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods. In the preoperative period, recent publications minimize the relevance of hypertension to give great relevance to hypotension as a predictor of negative outcomes. Studies evaluating the intraoperative period conclude that absolute MAP thresholds close to 65 mmHg, together with the time below these thresholds, are useful for predicting mortality,myocardial damage after non-cardiac surgery, acute kidney injury, and possibly delirium and cognitive impairment. On the other hand, in the postoperative period there are more shadows than lights since the limitations of the scenario, that is, the intermittence of BP control, together with the lack of studies in this specific make clinical decision-making difficult
Lobos Urbina, D., & Torres, P. (2021). Blood pressure targets in the perioperative period in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Boletín De Anestesia, (2), pp. 7–12. Retrieved from https://boletinanestesia.uchile.cl/index.php/BA/article/view/64529
