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01-10-2004 | Review

Controlled hypotension for spinal surgery

Author: Richard P. Dutton

Published in: European Spine Journal | Special Issue 1/2004

Abstract

Controlled, deliberate hypotension during anesthesia for major spinal surgery reduces intraoperative blood loss and transfusion requirement. Hypotension may be achieved with increased doses of volatile anesthetic agents or by continuous infusion of vasodilating drugs. Safe application of this technique requires knowledge of the physiology of hemorrhagic shock and close intraoperative monitoring to avoid vasoconstriction and end-organ ischemia.

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Title: Controlled hypotension for spinal surgery
Author: Richard P. Dutton
Publication date: 01-10-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue Special Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-004-0756-7

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