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Intraoperative blood pressure targeting in noncardiac surgery: a Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Anesthesiology·September 28, 2026·PMID 42803396

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Intraoperative hypotension is common and linked to organ injury, but whether protocolized pressure targets improve outcomes beyond contemporary usual care remains unclear. This meta-analysis provides the most current synthesis, suggesting no consistent mortality or cardiac benefit and only uncertain renal benefit, which may inform perioperative hemodynamic management decisions.

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