Anaesthetic considerations in a hypertensive patient posted for non-cardiac surgery.
This chapter covers the pre-op evaluation, optimisation strategies, anaesthesia-related concerns and perioperative management of patients with hypertension posted for non-cardiac surgery. Questions on 'Hypertension' are asked with HTN forming the as 'sole-morbidity' or as a part of 'multiple comorbidities' scenarios.
Candidates should know the definition and staging/grading of HTN, pathophysiology, anaesthetic implications of the disease, and the current guidelines on peri-op case management.
In this chapter, we have comprehensively covered the major concerns associated with the presence of hypertension in a patient posted for non-cardiac surgery with due regards to syllabus recommendations of the European/UK board syllabus for EDAIC/FRCA.