Anaesthesia for patients with pre-eclampsia

Abstract

Introduction: Pre-eclampsia is a highly common gestational disease worldwide. Patients with this condition may require an anesthetic procedure for several reasons, including serious complications. Objective: To conduct a narrative review of the literature regarding the main guidelines for anesthetic treatment in patients with pre-eclampsia. Materials and methods: Structured search on the ProQuest, EBSCO, ScienceDirect, PubMed, LILACS, Embase, Trip Database, SciELO and Cochrane Library databases, with the terms Anesthesia AND pre-eclampsia AND therapeutics; hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced AND anesthesia AND therapeutics; anesthesia AND pre-eclampsia; hypertension, pregnancy induced AND anesthesia. The search was made in English with their Spanish equivalents. Results: 61 articles had information relevant for the development of this review. Conclusions: Preanesthetic assessment and early implementation of analgesic and anesthetic techniques may mitigate the impact of complications derived from the course of the disease. For major outcomes, there is no significant difference between the different types of anesthesia.