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ReviewIndian journal of anaesthesia2020

Intraoperative hypotension: Pathophysiology, clinical relevance, and therapeutic approaches.

Karim Kouz, Phillip Hoppe, Luisa Briesenick, Bernd Saugel

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Review in Indian journal of anaesthesia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Karim KouzDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Phillip HoppeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Luisa BriesenickDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Bernd SaugelDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Universität Hamburg · DEOutcomes Research Consortium · USUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intraoperative hypotension (IOH) i.e., low arterial blood pressure (AP) during surgery is common in patients having non-cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia. It has a multifactorial aetiology, and is associated with major postoperative complications including acute kidney injury, myocardial injury and death. Therefore, IOH may be a modifiable risk factor for postoperative complications. However, there is no uniform definition for IOH. IOH not only occurs during surgery but also after the induction of general anaesthesia before surgical incision. However, the optimal therapeutic approach to IOH remains elusive. There is evidence from one small randomised controlled trial that individualising AP targets may reduce the risk of postoperative organ dysfunction compared with standard care. More research is needed to define individual AP harm thresholds, to develop therapeutic strategies to treat and avoid IOH, and to integrate new technologies for continuous AP monitoring.

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Acute kidney injuryblood pressurehaemodynamic monitoringmyocardial injury after non-cardiac surgerypostoperative complications

Identifiers

PMID32139925
PMCPMC7017666
OpenAlexW3005051688

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