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Anesthesia and analgesia · Nov 2002
Case ReportsSupine 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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