Cardiovascular complications
- Hypotension
- Hypovolaemia
- Ventricular failure
- Cardiogenic shock
- Arrhythmias
- Conduction defects
- Hypertension
Causes of perioperative arrhythmias
- Physiological disturbances
- Acidosis
- Hypercapnia
- Hypoxaemia
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Vagal manoeuvres
- Hypovolaemia
- Pathological disturbances
- Myocardial ischaemia or infarction
- Pulmonary embolus
- Phaeochromocytoma
- Pharmacological causes
- General anaesthesia
- Local anaesthetic toxicity
- Positive and negative inotropes
Causes of postoperative hypertension
- Pain
- Pre-existing hypertension
- Hypoxaemia
- Hypercapnia
- Positive inotropic drugs
- Hyper-reninaemia
Bibliography
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