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ArticleAnnals of African medicine2026

Persistent Postoperative Hypotension Following Total Hip Replacement in a Patient with Schizophrenia.

Bharani Premkumar

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Article in Annals of African medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Bharani PremkumarDepartment of Anaesthetics, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK.

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Abstract

abstractWe report the case of a middle-aged male patient with schizophrenia on long-term antipsychotic therapy who underwent a complex primary total hip replacement. The patient developed persistent postoperative hypotension despite stable intraoperative haemodynamics and no evidence of bleeding or hypovolaemia. Drug-induced vasodilation secondary to alpha-adrenergic blockade from first-generation antipsychotics was considered the most likely cause. Blood pressure responded promptly to metaraminol infusion. This case highlights the importance of recognising medication-related vasoplegia, maintaining a broad differential diagnosis for postoperative hypotension, and considering early vasopressor therapy and escalation of care when required.

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Antipsychotic AgentsArthroplasty, Replacement, HipHypotensionPostoperative ComplicationsSchizophreniaVasoplegiaHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAntipsychotic Agentsanesthésie généraleAntipsychotics and general anesthesiaAntipsychotiquesarthroplastie totale de la hanchecase reportcomplex primary total hip replacementdrug-induced hypotension in complex total hip replacementhypotension postopératoireprolonged hypotension with antipsychoticsvasoplégie

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PMID41889213
PMCPMC13541324

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