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Controlled hypotension for the improvement of intraoperative conditions is able to minimize operative blood loss, operative time and mortality as well as contributing to a shorter course of disease in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures. Besides volatile anaesthetic agents (e.g. halothane), two groups of chemical substances are commonly used, which achieve low pressure conditions, either via a direct relaxing effect on vascular smooth muscle cells or by blocking ganglia belonging to the autonomic nervous system. In order to meet the essential requirements of the anaesthetist confronted with critical intraoperative conditions, the drug producing hypotension should ideally have the following basic properties:
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easy to control,
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no increase of intracerebral blood volume,
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short half-life,
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no change in cerebral blood flow (CSF) autoregulation,
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no toxicity.
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Heuser, D., Morris, P.J., McDowall, D.G. (1982). Criteria for the Choice of Drugs Suitable for Controlled Hypotension in Neuroanaesthesia. In: Driesen, W., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Computerized Tomography Brain Metabolism Spinal Injuries. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68310-7_31
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