title: [Preoperative assessment of surgical patients with hypertension arterialis].
abstract: Almost one out of four patients referred for non cardiac surgery presents preoperatively with hypertensio arterialis (HA). The risk of perioperative cardiovascular complication increases with the grade of HA and the coexistence of end organ damage. This paper is a review of the current knowledge of HA and anaesthesia. It is recommended that patients with grade I and II HA proceed for surgery. But the evidence for patients with grade III HA is less clear. Patients without end organ damage can proceed for surgery, while patients with end organ damage should be stabilized before surgery.
authors.affiliation: Anæstesiologisk Afdeling, Glostrup Hospital, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark. margit.smitt@gmail.com
authors.forename: Margit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smitt
authors.forename: Morten Nikolaj
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Lind
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D004347:Drug Interactions; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D057234:Preoperative Period; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents