title: Challenges in intraoperative monitoring.
abstract: Predicting major adverse events following surgery remains a significant problem. Currently, the perioperative period is too often considered a black box, with risk assessment and prediction largely based on static pre-surgical parameters. Here, we review the problem of intraoperative hypotension and outline some of the opportunities for improved monitoring during surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. bsubrama@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Balachundar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome