A 40-year-old member asked:
What is the cause of hypotension in surgery?
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Dr. Louis Grenzeranswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Several things: Lots of things can cause low blood pressure. If it is related to surgery, the first thing i would consider would be bleeding (bad to miss and easy to correct). The anesthetic agents themselves can lower blood pressure. If the patietn had a heart attack during surgery the blood pressure could be low. So the anesthesiologist must figure out which problem it is, as the treatment depends on the cause.
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
52 years experience
Hypotension: Surgical hypotension may be from fluid or blood loss, anesthetic effect on vasculature, or from obstruction of venous return. Other less common causes also exist............
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A 33-year-old member asked:
What is the cause of hypotension?
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Dr. Elden Randanswered
Cardiology 22 years experience
Many causes: Hypotension can be caused by many causes - sometimes it is normal, other times by medications or metaboloic conditions such as low thyroid. Hypotension causing shock can be hypovolemic (from loss of blood), cardiogenic (heart function not working well), obstructive (pulmonary embolism causing blood vessel obstruction), or distriubutive (think sepsis, low adrenal function, anaphyaxis, toxins).
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Last updated Sep 28, 2016
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