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Supine hypertension during general anesthesia in a patient taking midodrine
Kathleen H Chaimberg1, Kenneth W Travis
1Department of Anesthesia, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. kathleen.h.chaimberg@hitchcock.org
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|October 29, 2002
Abstract
Implications:
Midodrine, 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.