[Current management strategies for pulmonary hypertension in surgical patients].
Pulmonary hypertension is a clinical condition with a low prevalence, but carries high morbidity and mortality. Important advances in the understanding of this disease and in its therapy have occurred. A particular scenario is pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing non-cardiac as well as cardiac surgery. The aim of this review is to present information that may allow diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of this clinical condition in patients undergoing surgery.
Fermandois C
Magdalena
M
Departamento Anestesiología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontifcia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. fermandois@vtr.net
López B
Rodrigo
R
León S
Paula
P
Lema F
Guillermo
G
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D057234:Preoperative Period; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents