Preoperative hypertension: perioperative implications and management

In the November 2021 podcast, Pooja Shah speaks to Dr Simon Howell about this month’s BJAEducation Editor’s choice article: Preoperative hypertension: perioperative implications and management. We discuss the latest guidelines and evidence and how to tackle the perennial question of whether or not to cancel surgery for a patient whose preoperative blood pressure is > 180/110 mmHg.

Om Podcasten

'In the monthly BJA Education podcast our podcast editors interview the authors of one of our recent papers. Subscribers will hear experts in the fields of anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine discussing the latest advances in clinical practice and evidence-based medicine in this accessible and engaging CPD resource.