A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Quality Improvement Project: The Perioperative Implementation of a Hypertension Protocol by Anesthesiologists.

CONCLUSIONS: Anesthesiologists successfully implemented a quality improvement project for diagnosis and management of hypertension in the perioperative period. This has the potential to reduce the public health burden of hypertension in limited resource environments. Successful ongoing prescription and follow-up requires cooperation within a multidisciplinary team.
PMID: 33079862 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - October 22, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Pfister CL, Govender S, Dyer RA, Rayner B, Flint M, Roodt F, Davids J, Nejthardt MB, Swanevelder JL, Chiu CE, Cloete E, Koller V, Pretorius T, Fullerton Z, Roos J, Van Zyl R, Biccard BM Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research