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ReviewIntensive care medicine2026

Intraoperative blood pressure management in noncardiac surgery: a narrative review based on current evidence.

Alexandre Joosten, Michelle S Chew, Emmanuel Futier, Anatole Harrois, Matthias Jacquet-Lagreze, Matthieu Legrand, Antonio Messina, Paul S Myles, Bernd Saugel, Daniel I Sessler and 2 more

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12 authors.

Alexandre JoostenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA. ajoosten@mednet.ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5214-4589
Michelle S ChewPerioperative and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Emmanuel FutierDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Anatole HarroisDepartment of Anesthesiology, Bicetre Hospital, Paris Saclay University, Paris, France.
Matthias Jacquet-LagrezeDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Louis Pradel University Hospital, Lyon, France.
Matthieu LegrandDepartment of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Antonio MessinaIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Milano, Italy.
Paul S MylesDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Bernd SaugelDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Daniel I SesslerCenter for Outcomes Research and Department of Anesthesiology, UTHealth, Houston, USA.
Denise P VeeloAmsterdam UMC, Department of Anaesthesiology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jean-Luc FellahiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Louis Pradel University Hospital, Lyon, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeBlood pressure is closely monitored during anaesthesia, yet the optimal intraoperative target remains uncertain. This narrative review synthesizes contemporary observational and randomized evidence and explores emerging strategies for individualized haemodynamic management.

methodsWe reviewed major observational cohort studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), consensus statements, and recent technological developments addressing intraoperative hypotension, MAP thresholds, and strategies to prevent perioperative organ injury in adult noncardiac surgery.

resultsLarge observational datasets consistently demonstrate graded, duration-dependent associations between intraoperative MAP 60-70 mmHg and postoperative myocardial injury, acute kidney injury, and mortality . These findings have informed international recommendations to avoid MAP below 60-65 mmHg. However, contemporary multicentre RCTs enrolling more than 13,000 patients show that targeting higher or individualized MAP thresholds does not improve patient-centred outcomes compared with routine care (typically MAP ≥ 65 mmHg) . Only one small trial reported benefit with individualized systolic targets. Emerging evidence suggests that hypotension reflects heterogeneous haemodynamic endotypes (vasodilation, hypovolaemia, myocardial depression, bradycardia), potentially explaining why uniform pressure targets fail to improve outcomes. Continuous blood pressure monitoring, proactive norepinephrine infusion, predictive analytics, and closed-loop vasopressor systems reliably reduce hypotension exposure, although definitive outcome benefits remain unproven.

conclusionsObservational and randomized data are concordant: MAP ≥ 60-65 mmHg appears sufficient for most noncardiac surgical patients. Future progress will likely depend on mechanistic endotyping, integration of advanced monitoring, and precision-guided haemodynamic strategies rather than escalation of universal MAP targets alone.

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Blood PressureHypotensionMonitoring, IntraoperativeSurgical Procedures, OperativeHumansIntraoperative ComplicationsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAnesthesiaAutoregulationClosed-loop vasopressorsHemodynamic monitoringIntraoperative hypotensionMean arterial pressurePostoperative complicationsPredictive analyticsSurgery

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PMCPMC13035563

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