title: Anesthetic management of hypertensive crisis in a three-year-old patient with undiagnosed severe renal artery stenosis: a case report.
abstract: Pediatric hypertensive crisis is a potentially life threatening medical emergency, usually secondary to an underlying disease. Hypertension commonly occurs during general anesthesia, and is usually promptly and appropriately treated by anesthesiologists. However in children with severe, unexplained, or refractory hypertension, it has the potential to cause morbidity and even mortality in susceptible patients. We report an anesthetic management of an unexpected hypertensive crisis that developed during general anesthesia in a three-year-old girl with undiagnosed severe left renal artery stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon-Sook
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.
authors.forename: Too Jae
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.
authors.forename: Woon Young
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Cheol
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Park
keywords: Anesthesia; Child; Renovascular hypertension