Friday, May 25, 2012

Is Intra-op Hypotension Associated with a CVA? Dr. Halonen



Jeff Halonen, DO
Intraoperative Hypotension and Peripoerative Ischemic Stroke After General Surgery

This case study was performed in order to determine if there is a correlation between intraopertive hypotension and postoperative stroke as this correlation is largely unknown. The findings of this study showed that after correcting for potential confounders and with multiple testing, the duration that the mean blood pressure was decreased more than 30% from baseline remained statistically significantly associated with the occurrence of a postoperative stroke. Some of the limitations of this study that were listed would be in CEA patients, only collecting data on patie ts for 10 days postoperatively and the role of postoperative hypotension.

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