• Anesthesia and analgesia · Nov 2002

    Case Reports

    Supine hypertension during general anesthesia in a patient taking midodrine.

    • Kathleen H Chaimberg and Kenneth W Travis.
    • Department of Anesthesia, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. kathleen.h.chaimberg@hitchcock.org
    • Anesth. Analg. 2002 Nov 1; 95 (5): 11961196-7, table of contents.

    AbstractMidodrine, a drug used to treat symptomatic orthostatic hypotension, may cause or exacerbate supine hypertension. We describe a case of a patient taking midodrine who exhibited severe hypertension during general anesthesia. Possible preventive measures to avoid this complication are discussed.

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