Perioperative Considerations for Patients Diagnosed With Pulmonary Hypertension Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery.

Perioperative Considerations for Patients Diagnosed With Pulmonary Hypertension Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. J Perianesth Nurs. 2018 Jul 16;: Authors: Tartavoulle T, Bonanno LS, Hall S Abstract The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) has risen in adults of all races, genders, and ethnicities. PH is a fatal disease that presents many challenges to the perioperative health care team. Through increased knowledge of PH pathophysiological changes and anesthesia medications' effect on PH, perioperative health care teams can conduct a detailed preoperative evaluation to determine appropriate therapies to administer. This will assist the perioperative health care team in reducing the pulmonary vascular resistance, optimizing the matching of right ventricle and pulmonary circulations, and reduce the incidence of intraoperative and postoperative complications. PMID: 30025664 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: J Perianesth Nurs Source Type: research