Anesthesia

ACE Inhibitors & ARBS ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor antagonists should be held the day of surgery. Peri-induction hypotension can result from the loss of sympathetic tone associated with anesthesia induction superimposed upon renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockade. The vasopressin system is the only intact system left to maintain BP, and vasopressin release is not a […]