Postoperative arterial hypotension: the unnoticed enemy

Abstract

Postoperative hypotension is a frequently underestimated health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality and increased use of health care resources. It also poses significant clinical, technological, and human challenges for healthcare. As it is a modifiable and avoidable risk factor, this document aims to increase its visibility, defining its clinical impact and the technological challenges involved in optimizing its management, taking clinical-technological, humanistic, and economic aspects into account.

Keywords: Arterial hypotension; Hemodynamic monitoring; Hipotensión arterial; Hipotensión postoperatoria; Mean arterial pressure; Monitorización hemodinámica; Mortalidad; Mortality; Postoperative hypotension; Postoperative outcome; Presión arterial media; Resultado postoperatorio.