Chronic arterial hypertension and nocturnal non-dipping predict postinduction and intraoperative hypotension: A secondary analysis of a prospective study.

Study Objective: Postinduction and intraoperative hypotension are associated with organ injury in non-cardiac surgery patients. Automated ambulatory blood pressure monitoring can identify chronic arterial hypertension and nocturnal blood pressure non-dipping. We tested the hypotheses that: a) chronic arterial hypertension and nocturnal non-dipping are independent risk factors for postinduction and intraoperative hypotension; and b) adding information on chronic arterial hypertension and nocturnal non-dipping improves hypotension prediction models based on readily available preoperative clinical information.

Automated Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements and Intraoperative Hypotension in Patients Having Noncardiac Surgery with General Anesthesia: A Prospective Observational Study.

Background: Normal blood pressure varies among individuals and over the circadian cycle. Preinduction blood pressure may not be representative of a patient's normal blood pressure profile and cannot give an indication of a patient's usual range of blood pressures. This study therefore aimed to determine the relationship between ambulatory mean arterial pressure and preinduction, postinduction, and intraoperative mean arterial pressures.

Impact of perioperative administration of 6 % hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 on serum cystatin C-derived renal function after radical prostatectomy: a single-centre retrospective study.

Background: Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) is used for repletion of acute intravasal volume loss in surgical patients. However, in critically ill patients, HES is associated with acute kidney injury. We aimed to evaluate the effect of HES on perioperative cystatin C (cystC)-derived estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRcystC) in patients undergoing open and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.