Persistent postoperative hypertension following posterior fossa surgery--a case report.
We report a case of a 20-month-old male child who underwent surgery for posterior fossa tumor. Post operatively the child developed persistent hypertension. No active intervention was done as it could have compromised cerebral perfusion pressure. The possible cause is discussed.
Ali
Zulfiqar
Z
Department of Neuroanaesthesiology Neurosciences Center, 7th floor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Prabhakar
Hemanshu
H
Rath
Girija P
GP
D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*