Perioperative Hypertension

Question 0

Perioperative HTN affects about ___ of the adult US population

Answer 0

30%

Question 1

The most common medical condition is

Answer 1

Perioperative hypertension

Question 2

What are the components of blood pressure?

Answer 2

Cardiac ejection
Intravascular volume
Vascular elasticity/tone

Question 3

Patients with hypertension have _____ fluctuation in BP compared to normal patients

Answer 3

Wider

Question 4

A BP of 120/80 is

Answer 4

Prehypertensive

Question 5

The dichrotic notch shows elastic recoil of the ______ after ejection

Answer 5

Aortic valve closing

Question 6

We usually try to keep the patient within ___ of baseline MAP

Answer 6

20%

Question 7

What is the formula for MAP?

Answer 7

(2DP + SP)/3

Question 8

What is pulse pressure?

Answer 8

SP-DP

It is proportional to blood ejected during each cardiac cycle

Question 9

MAP is the blood ejected during an

Answer 9

Entire cardiac cycle

Question 10

When vascular tone is increased, blood pressure increases. If CO increases, then MAP will also increase if

Answer 10

Flow constant is maintained

Question 11

Increasing BP comes at the expense of

Answer 11

Heart muscles

Leading to strain and shear forces

Question 12

With sys 120 and dias 80, the MAP is

Answer 12

93 mmHg

Question 13

Hypertension stage I

Answer 13

Sys > 140 dias > 90

MAP > 93

Question 14

Hypertensive crisis

Answer 14

Sys > 180 dias > 110

Question 15

The most common hypertension, which has no identifiable cause

Answer 15

Essential HTN