ABC of blood pressure management. Investigation.

ABC of hypertension: Blood pressure measurement. Part II-conventional sphygmomanometry: technique of auscultatory blood pressure measurement.

ABC of hypertension. Blood pressure measurement. Part III-automated sphygmomanometry: ambulatory blood pressure measurement.

ABC of hypertension: Blood pressure measurement. Part IV-automated sphygmomanometry: self blood pressure measurement.

ABC of antenatal care. Raised blood pressure in pregnancy.

The aims of Ballantyne's first book on promaternity (antenatal) care were: * The antenatal diagnosis of monsters * The treatment of monsters * The prevention of fits. The last concerns eclampsia, so care has been concerned with eclampsia from the earliest days. One of the original aims of promaternity care in 1901 was the prevention of fits and convulsions due to eclampsia, which was often asso...

Optimal perioperative management of arterial blood pressure

Perioperative blood pressure management is a key factor of patient care for anesthetists, as perioperative hemodynamic instability is associated with cardiovascular complications. Hypertension is an independent predictive factor of cardiac adverse events in noncardiac surgery. Intraoperative hypotension is one of the most encountered factors associated with death related to anesthesia. In the p...