Blood pressure and flow in pediatric anesthesia: An educational review

During recent years, a lot of interest has been focused on blood pressure in the context of pediatric anesthesia, trying to define what is normal in relation to age and what numeric values that should be regarded as hypotension, needing active intervention. However, blood pressure is mainly measured...

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Published in:Pediatric anesthesia 2022-01, Vol.32 (1), p.10-16
Main Authors: Karlsson, Jacob, Lönnqvist, Per‐Arne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, General
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Determination
Cardiac Output
Child
general anesthesia
Humans
Hypotension - diagnosis
measurement
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Pediatrics
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Summary:During recent years, a lot of interest has been focused on blood pressure in the context of pediatric anesthesia, trying to define what is normal in relation to age and what numeric values that should be regarded as hypotension, needing active intervention. However, blood pressure is mainly measured as a proxy for flow, that is, cardiac output. Thus, just focusing on specific blood pressure numbers may not necessarily be very useful or appropriate. The aim of this educational review is to put the issue of intraoperative blood pressure in the context of pediatric anesthesia in further perspective.
ISSN:1155-5645
1460-9592
1460-9592
DOI:10.1111/pan.14328