Management of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibitors and other antihypertensives and their clinical effects on pre-anesthesia blood pressure

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Anesth Pain Med. 2022;17(1):112-119
Publication date (electronic) : 2022 January 5
doi : https://doi.org/10.17085/apm.21050
1Department of Anesthesiology, Ankara City Hospital, Health Sciences University, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Statistics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Corresponding author: Eda Balcı, M.D. Department of Anesthesiology, Ankara City Hospital, Health Sciences University, Universiteler District, Bilkent Street No:1, Ankara 06800, Turkey Email: edaaksoy84@gmail.com Tel: 90-5336297760, Fax: 90-3125526000
Received 2021 May 22; Revised 2021 October 11; Accepted 2021 October 23.

Abstract

Background

Blood pressure fluctuations appear more significant in patients with poorly controlled hypertension and are known to be associated with adverse perioperative morbidity. In the present study, we aimed to determine the effects of antihypertensive drug treatment strategies on preanesthetic operating room blood pressure measurements.

Methods

A total of 717 patients participated in our study; 383 patients who were normotensive based on baseline measurements and not under antihypertensive therapy were excluded from the analysis. The remaining 334 patients were divided into six groups according to the antihypertensive drug treatment. These six groups were examined in terms of preoperative baseline and pre-anesthesia blood pressure measurements.

Results

As a result of the study, it was observed that 24% of patients had high blood pressure precluding surgery, and patients using renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASI) had higher pre-anesthesia systolic blood pressure than patients using other antihypertensive drugs. Patients who received beta-blockers were also observed to have the lowest pre-anesthesia systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and mean blood pressure, compared to others.

Conclusions

Recently, whether RAASI should be continued preoperatively remains controversial. Our study shows that RAASI cannot provide optimal pre-anesthesia blood pressure and lead to an increase in the number of postponed surgeries, probably due to withdrawal of medication before the operation. Therefore, the preoperative discontinuation of RAASI should be reevaluated in future studies.

INTRODUCTION

Hypertension is a global public health problem and a preventable cause of mortality and morbidity. It has an estimated prevalence of 30% [1]. In untreated patients, hypertension is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, bleeding, kidney injury, and mortality [2,3]. In addition, poorly controlled blood pressure leads to cancelation or postponement of surgery [3]. Table 1 presents the classification of hypertension, as recommended by the 2018 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Society of Hypertension (ESH) guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension (Table 1) [4]. It is generally accepted that patients with grade 1 hypertension have little or no increased risk of perioperative cardiac morbidity, and anesthesia can be performed as planned, whereas patients with grade 3 hypertension have an increased risk of severe end-organ damage and cardiac morbidity [5]. In this context, the 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension and the 2017 American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults suggest that in those with systolic blood pressure (SBP)≥180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP)≥110 mmHg, deferring the intervention until blood pressure is reduced or controlled is advisable, except for emergencies [4,6].

Classification of Blood Pressure and Definitions of Hypertension Grade, 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension

In patients receiving antihypertensive therapy, an important issue in the perioperative period is to avoid large blood pressure fluctuations. Fluctuations appear more significant in patients with poorly controlled hypertension and are usually accompanied by a significant increase during anesthesia induction followed by a serious decrease [7]. Intraoperative blood pressure instability is known to be associated with adverse perioperative morbidity, the most important of which are major adverse cardiac events and acute kidney injury [1,2].

Antihypertensive treatment strategies have not been proven to be superior to each other in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery; therefore, general antihypertensive treatment algorithms are applied in the perioperative period [8,9]. Accordingly, tight control of blood pressure in the perioperative period is more important than the type of drug therapy used. Nonetheless, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASIs) and beta-blockers (BBs) have been somewhat unusual in this regard, and they have caused great controversy over whether they should be continued or discontinued preoperatively. More recently, the continuation of BBs has been recommended for chronic usage [4]. Abrupt cessation of BBs may lead to withdrawal syndrome, sympathetic overactivity, and acute hypertension [10]. In recent days, it remains controversial whether RAASIs should be continued preoperatively. Discontinuation of RAASIs is claimed to reduce the risk of intraoperative hypotension and vasoplegia [11,12] and is associated with a significant reduction in cardiovascular events and mortality 30 days after the intervention [13].

In the present observational study, we aimed to determine the effect of antihypertensive drug treatment strategies on pre-anesthesia operating room blood pressure and to investigate the effects of the adjustments made in patients using RAASI on pre-anesthesia blood pressure.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

A total of 717 adult patients were included in this prospective, cross-sectional, observational study in a tertiary hospital in Ankara, Turkey. We collected data on patients’ demographic features during the preanesthetic examination, including past diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, comorbidities, and chronic medications. During the preoperative preparation, which is usually performed 2 weeks to 1 month before surgery at the hospital’s outpatient clinics; SBP, DBP, and heart rate (HR) were taken as basal measurements. Blood pressure was measured using automatic blood pressure measurement machines (GE Healthcare B40 Patient Monitors, GE Healthcare, UK), from the upper arm, by cuffs according to body characteristics, after resting for 15 min. The patients were under routine antihypertensive therapy. In the operating room, pre-anesthesia measurements were taken before anesthesia induction (GE Healthcare B650 Carescape Monitors, GE Healthcare). Patients with non-hypertensive basal measurements without antihypertensive therapy were evaluated in our previous study [14]. Patients with SBP ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg at basal measurements and/or patients receiving antihypertensive therapy were included in the study. These patients were divided into six groups according to antihypertensive drug treatments: group none, group RAAS inhibitors (RAASI), group beta blockers (BB), group calcium channel blockers (CCB), group diuretics (D), and group combined (Co) (Fig. 1). Patients without antihypertensive therapy, although basal measurements were SBP ≥ 140 mmHg and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg, were referred to as group none. Each measurement consisted of three separate measurements taken over a 15-min period with 5-min intervals, after which the highest values were recorded. Blood pressure measurements were measured using automatic blood pressure measurement machines from the upper arm, by cuffs according to body characteristics. Patients were not premedicated with an anxiolytic or analgesic agent. After the measurements, the operation was started with the appropriate anesthetic method for the patient. Intraoperative and postoperative data were not included in this study, and blood pressure data obtained from the basal and operating room measurements were analyzed. Elective surgeries were postponed in patients with pre-anesthesia SBP ≥ 180 and/or DBP ≥ 110 mmHg, as recommended by the latest guidelines [4,6].

Fig. 1.

Flow diagram. RAASI: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, BB: beta blockers, CCB: calcium channel blockers, D: diuretics, Co: combined.

Patients undergoing emergency surgery and patients under the age of 18, patients whose basal measurements were normotensive while not under antihypertensive therapy, and patients who received antihypertensive therapy but did not comply with the treatment protocol, and whose treatment protocol was changed after the basal measurements were excluded from the study. As required by the routine practice of our clinic, patients took non-RAASI antihypertensive drugs until the morning of the operation, and patients using RAASI discontinued using RAASI 10–12 h before the operation.

This study complied with the Declaration of Helsinki, and ethical approval was granted by the local institutional ethical board (no. 13226/19.12.2017). Informed consent was obtained from all patients.

Statistical methods

Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 22.0 (IBM Co., NY, USA). In order to describe the basic features of patients, mean, standard deviation (SD), minimum and maximum values for normally distributed continuous variables, median, 1st quartile (1Q), and 3rd quartiles (3Q) for non-normally distributed continuous variables; the number of patients and their proportions for categorical variables were calculated as descriptive statistics. The Shapiro–Wilk test or the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test was used to investigate whether data were normally distributed. Comparisons among groups were performed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) or Kruskal–Wallis test. The Games–Howell or least significant difference post hoc test was used for pairwise comparisons of groups, when the assumption of homogeneity of variance was violated or not for one-way ANOVA. Significance was set at P < 0.05, using two-sided comparisons.

RESULTS

A total of 717 adult non-cardiac elective surgery patients participated in this cross-sectional study. Among them, 383 patients who were normotensive based on baseline measurements (SBP≤140 and/or DBP≤90 mmHg) and not under any antihypertensive therapy were excluded from the analysis. The remaining 334 patients were divided into six groups according to the antihypertensive drug treatment (Fig. 1). Table 2 presents the demographic data of the entire study population (Table 2). When the whole study population was evaluated in general, pre-anesthetic blood pressure measurements were SBP 163.58 ± 24.43 mmHg, DBP 88.10 ± 12.41 mmHg, and mean blood pressure (MBP) 113.25 ± 14.63 mmHg.

Demographical Data of Groups

Pre-anesthesia SBP, DBP, MBP, and HR measurements were significantly higher than preoperative measurements in all groups (P < 0.001); however, DBP was not significantly different in group D (Table 3). There was a significant difference in preoperative SBP, DBP, MBP, and HR measurements between the groups (P < 0.001, P < 0.001, P = 0.001, and P = 0.032, respectively). In group none, the preoperative measurements of SBP and DBP were significantly higher than those in the RAASI, BB, CCB, and Co groups, and the preoperative measurements of MBP were significantly higher than all other groups.

Measurement Characteristics for Each Group

There was a significant difference in terms of pre-anesthesia SBP, DBP, MBP, and HR measurements between the groups (P = 0.046, 0.006, 0.004, and 0.023, respectively). In group none and group RAASI, pre-anesthesia measurements of SBP, DBP, and MBP were significantly higher than those in group BB (P = 0.006, 0.004, and 0.023, respectively). Group BB had the lowest pre-anesthesia SBP, DBP, and MBP.

Table 3 also presents the pre-anesthesia blood pressure measurements in terms of the ESC/ESH 2018 classification in all groups (Table 3). A statistically significant difference was found between the groups when pre-anesthesia measurements were classified (χ2 = 26.72, P = 0.031). For the majority of patients in the RAASI group (31.9%), the pre-anesthesia blood pressure measurements were grade 3. From another point of view, the majority of the 80 patients (47.5%) with pre-anesthesia measurement grade 3 belong to group RAASI. Operations were deferred in patients with grade 3 pre-anesthesia blood pressure.

DISCUSSION

Hypertension can cause perioperative hemodynamic changes, which may be associated with perioperative morbidity and mortality [1]. As the number of patients undergoing surgery increases, management of perioperative hypertension has become a leading topic in clinical practice. We evaluated the effects of antihypertensive drugs on pre-anesthesia induction blood pressure measurements. As a general result of the study, it was observed that pre-anesthesia blood pressures of the patients were not at normotensive levels, and patients using RAASI had higher pre-anesthesia SBP and MBP than patients using other antihypertensive drugs. Patients with BB were also observed to have the lowest pre-anesthesia SBP, DBP, and MBP values. Antihypertensive drugs were chosen according to the patients’ comorbidities. However, it also differs between guidelines. In this study, we evaluated antihypertensive drug therapies that were previously managed by cardiologists. Thirty-five percent of our study participants used angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) as monotherapy, while 16.8% of participants used combined drugs.

RAASIs are commonly used to treat hypertension. They act by inhibiting the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and include ACEi, ARBs, and direct renin inhibitors. ACEi is recommended as a first- or second-line therapy for the treatment of hypertension [4,6]. They are particularly important in blood pressure regulation in diabetic patients, as they prevent the development of diabetic nephropathy and are cardioprotective in patients recovering from myocardial infarction [15]. However, whether RAASI should be continued preoperatively remains controversial. Some studies suggest that RAASI may cause relative hypovolemia, which may predispose intraoperative hypotension [16,17] and worsen mortality [18,19], although others did not observe an association between the use of ACEi and intraoperative hypotension, complications, or increased 30-day mortality [15,17]. A review of Rosenman et al. [20] revealed that patients who received the immediate preoperative ACEi or ARB may be at increased risk for the development of perioperative hypotension; however, it is also claimed that there is inadequate evidence to determine whether hypotension leads to patient-important adverse outcomes. The 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension suggest that “transient preoperative discontinuation of RAASi should be considered in patients with hypertension undergoing noncardiac surgery” as class IIa recommendation [4], and the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults suggests that “in patients with hypertension undergoing major surgery, discontinuation of ACEi or ARBs perioperatively may be considered” as class IIb recommendation [6], while the 2014 ACC/AHA guideline on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery suggests that “continuation of RAASI is reasonable perioperatively” as class IIa recommendation [21]. The ESC/ESH recommendation is consistent with a large prospective cohort study which suggested that withholding RAASI before major non-cardiac surgery was associated with a lower risk of death and postoperative vascular events [16]. We discontinued the RAASIs preoperatively in the morning 12 h before the operation as a routine hospital protocol even though the guidelines do not suggest any discontinuation duration before surgery. Our study results showed significantly higher pre-anesthesia SBP and MBP values in patients who used RAASI chronically before surgery and discontinued preoperatively. In our study population, 47% of the 80 patients whose operation was delayed due to grade 3 pre-anesthesia blood pressure were patients who discontinued the RAASI regimen preoperatively. Although the operation was not postponed, the majority of patients with grade 2 pre-anesthesia blood pressure (30.3%) discontinued the RAASI regimen preoperatively. From another point of view, the majority (31.9%) of pre-anesthesia blood pressure measurements of patients who discontinued RAASI was grade 3.

BBs inhibit catecholamines at G protein-coupled β-adrenoreceptors and reduce blood pressure. This β-1 receptor blockade in the heart causes a reduction in HR and myocardial contractility. Blockade of the juxtaglomerular apparatus causes a reduction in renin secretion and salt and water retention [22]. The discontinuation of BBs prior to an operation has been a long debate, but recently, it has been suggested as a class Ib recommendation by the 2014 ACC/AHA and the 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines that patients who are currently under chronic BB treatment should continue their medication preoperatively [4,21]. This recommendation is based on the results of several studies which suggest that abrupt discontinuation of BBs is associated with higher rates of mortality and cardiac complications [9,23]. Our study showed that patients who were under chronic treatment with BBs had the lowest pre-anesthesia SBP, DBP, and MBP values. Moreover, their pre-anesthesia blood pressure values were mostly grade 1 (33.3%). These results show that chronic BB treatment provides optimal pre-anesthesia blood pressure values. BBs are not generally used as first-line agents unless the patient needs secondary prevention following myocardial infarction [22]. In this regard, these results are valuable because patients with coronary artery disease tend to be more vulnerable to intraoperative blood pressure fluctuations caused by pre-anesthesia hypertension.

Why is an optimal pre-anesthesia blood pressure important? Preoperative hypertension can cause perioperative hemodynamic changes associated with perioperative morbidity and mortality, such as intraoperative hypotension and tachycardia [24,25]. It has been claimed that hypertensive patients may have greater cardiovascular lability and exaggerated hemodynamic stress response, particularly at the induction of anesthesia, due to increased catecholamine levels and increased sensitivity of peripheral vessels to catecholamines [26]. These blood pressure fluctuations may cause perioperative myocardial ischemia [27] and renal and cognitive impairment [28]. As a limitation of the present study, we did not analyze any intra- or postoperative data.

The above-mentioned issues predispose clinicians to avoid anesthetizing patients who are hypertensive before the induction of anesthesia. It is recommended to cancel elective surgery if SBP is 180 mmHg or higher, or if the DBP is 110 mmHg or higher [2,4]. Anesthesiologists are responsible for referring patients with elevated blood pressure to appropriate treatment during preassessment. However, in some cases, patients may be out of order, and blood pressure which was controlled during preassessment may be unexpectedly elevated before anesthesia induction and put both the patient and the anesthetist in difficulty. Besides hemodynamic problems, this unexpected hypertension may lead to the postponement of surgery and an increase in labor costs and hospital expenses.

Frequently, antihypertensive drugs are administered in the morning to reduce daytime blood pressure surges. However, the confirmed 24-h blood pressure patterns show a morning surge, which is a complex neurohormonal phenomenon that is especially related to the activation of the sympathetic nervous system upon awakening [29]. In our study group, emotional stress against the operation may be an additional factor for morning surges. Recently, several studies had a special interest in this subject because morning hours have the highest rate of major cardiovascular events [29-30]. Chronotherapy involves moving one or more antihypertensives from morning to nighttime dosing to prevent a morning surge in blood pressure. It is claimed that nighttime dosing promotes 24-h blood pressure profiles and does not cause an additional risk; therefore, it is recommended in the general population [30]. In our opinion, to reduce the additional risk of surgery-related stress and blood pressure elevations, the morning doses may be moved to nighttime doses adequate time before the operation.

The limitations of the present study include the fact that we analyzed pre-anesthetic data only and did not collect intraoperative or postoperative data. In addition, there were relatively small-sized groups; however, we did not exclude them and presented all patients’ data.

In conclusion, it was found that pre-anesthesia SBP and MBP were higher in patients using RAASI than in patients using other antihypertensive drugs, and the lowest pre-anesthesia SBP, DBP, and MBP values were found in patients using BB. RAASI discontinuation 10–12 h before the operation does not provide optimal pre-anesthesia blood pressure and may not be replaced by another medicine after its discontinuation before the operation leads to an elevation in blood pressure, that is, an increase in the number of postponed surgeries. In this context, we propose that another medicine should be given as replacement after cessation of RAASI, or the antihypertensives that patients used chronically may be administered as nighttime doses in accordance with the chronotherapy principle. This issue should be re-evaluated in future studies.

Notes

FUNDING

None.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Conceptualization: Eda Balcı, Zeliha Aslı Demir, Melike Bahçecitapar. Data curation: Eda Balcı, Zeliha Aslı Demir, Melike Bahçecitapar. Formal analysis: Zeliha Aslı Demir, Melike Bahçecitapar. Methodology: Eda Balcı, Zeliha Aslı Demir, Melike Bahçecitapar. Project administration: Eda Balcı. Visualization: Eda Balcı. Writing - original draft: Eda Balcı. Writing - review & editing: Eda Balcı, Zeliha Aslı Demir, Melike Bahçecitapar. Supervision: Zeliha Aslı Demir.

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Fig. 1.

Flow diagram. RAASI: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, BB: beta blockers, CCB: calcium channel blockers, D: diuretics, Co: combined.

Table 1.

Classification of Blood Pressure and Definitions of Hypertension Grade, 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension

Blood pressure classification Systolic and diastolic pressure (mmHg)
Definition of hypertension > 140/90
Grading of normal pressure Optimal < 120/80
Normal 120–129/80–84
High normal 130–139/85–89
Grading of hypertension Grade 1 140–159/90–99
Grade 2 160–179/100–109
Grade 3 ≥ 180/110

ESC/ESH: European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension.

Table 2.

Demographical Data of Groups

Variable Group None (n = 72) Group RAASI (n = 119) Group BB (n = 48) Group CCB (n = 27) Group D (n = 12) Group Co (n = 56)
Male sex 48 (66.7) 78 (65.5) 38 (79.2) 15 (55.6) 12 (100) 41 (73.2)
Age (yr) 57.33 ± 13.34 (21–93) 64.77 ± 9.88 (37–92) 61.81 ± 9.76 (45–84) 60.85 ± 15.45 (33–85) 66.00 ± 5.34 (53–72) 67.11 ± 10.03 (40–87)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 0.28 ± 0.06 (0.16–0.57) 0.29 ± 0.05 (0.18–0.49) 0.27 ± 0.04 (0.15–0.37) 0.27 ± 0.04 (0.21–0.36) 0.31 ± 0.05 (0.24–0.40) 0.28 ± 0.04 (0.20–0.37)
Comorbidities
 Diabetes mellitus 7 (9.7) 32 (26.9) 13 (27.1) 7 (25.9) 5 (41.7) 19 (33.9)
 Coronary artery disease 1 (1.4) 23 (19.3) 26 (54.2) 6 (22.2) 4 (33.3) 31 (55.4)
 Cerebrovascular disease - 4 (3.4) 1 (2.1) 1 (3.7) 1 (8.3) 1 (1.8)
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 8 (11.1) 14 (11.8) 5 (10.4) 2 (7.4) 4 (33.3) 5 (8.9)
 Arrhythmia 1 (1.4) 3 (2.5) - 2 (7.4) - 4 (7.1)
 Hyperlipidemia - 2 (1.7) 7 (14.6) 2 (7.4) 1 (8.3) 6 (10.7)
 Thyroid disease 8 (11.1) 2 (1.7) 3 (6.3) 2 (7.4) 1 (8.3) 3 (5.4)
 Renal disease - 2 (1.7) - - - 5 (8.9)

Values are presented as number (%) or mean ± SD (min–max). RAASI: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, BB: beta blockers, CCB: calcium channel blockers, D: diuretics, Co: combined antihypertensives, -: not available.

Table 3.

Measurement Characteristics for Each Group

Variable Group None (n = 72) Group RAASI (n = 119) Group BB (n = 48) Group CCB (n = 27) Group D (n = 12) Group Co (n = 56) Total (n = 334) P value
Preoperative measurement
Normal/high normal 1 (1.4) 66 (55.5) 30 (62.5) 16 (59.3) 4 (33.3) 34 (60.7) 151 (45.2)
Grade I 48 (66.7) 36 (30.3) 9 (18.8) 7 (25.9) 4 (33.3) 13 (23.2) 117 (35.0)
Grade II 23 (31.9) 15 (12.6) 8 (16.7) 2 (7.4) 2 (16.7) 9 (16.1) 59 (17.7)
Grade III - 2 (1.7) 1 (2.1) 2 (7.4) 2 (16.7) - 7 (2.1)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 150(144, 160) 135(120, 147) 132(119, 147) 130(125, 145) 147 (123, 165) 130(120, 144) 140 (124, 150) < 0.001*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 87(80, 95) 80(70, 85) 78(70, 85) 80(70, 82) 85 (75, 89) 80(70, 85) 80 (70, 88) < 0.001*
Mean blood pressure (mmHg) 107 (102, 113) 98(87, 105) 96(87, 107) 97(90, 104) 105(96, 113) 97(90, 105) 100 (91, 107) < 0.001
Heart rate (beats/min) 80 ± 13 (56–115) 75 ± 12 (50–108) 73 ± 13 (50–120) 77 ± 11 (60–99) 76 ± 9 (60–89) 74 ± 12 (50–110) 76 ± 12 (50–120)
Pre-anesthesia measurement
Normal/high normal 3 (4.2) 15 (12.6) 14 (29.2) 4 (14.8) 1 (8.3) 7 (12.5) 44 (13.2)
Grade I 26 (36.1) 30 (25.2) 16 (33.3) 7 (25.9) 5 (41.7) 18 (32.1) 102 (30.5)
Grade II 27 (37.5) 36 (30.3) 12 (25.0) 12 (44.4) 4 (33.3) 17 (30.4) 108 (32.3)
Grade III 16 (22.2) 38 (31.9) 6 (12.5) 4 (14.8) 2 (16.7) 14 (25.0) 80 (24.0)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 165 ± 22 (120–257) 167 ± 24 (110–232) 153 ± 25 (111–237) 161 ± 20 (118–212) 166 ± 22 (138–215) 161 ± 25 (108–228) 163 ± 24 (110–257) 0.046
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 91 ± 11 (68–123) 88 ± 12(60–130) 82 ± 11(60–118) 88 ± 9 (71–105) 90 ± 15 (72–127) 87 ± 13 (59–146) 88 ± 12 (59–146) 0.006
Mean blood pressure (mmHg) 115 (107, 125) 113 (103, 126) 103 (97, 113) 113 (105, 121) 111 (104, 119) 111 (103, 120) 112 (103, 120) 0.004§
Heart rate (beats/min) 86 (75, 98) 80 (68, 90) 78 (70, 85) 82 (72, 90) 82 (68, 100) 80 (67, 88) 80 (70, 90)

Values are presented as number (%), median (1Q, 3Q), or mean ± SD (min–max). RAASI: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, BB: beta blockers, CCB: calcium channel blockers, D: diuretics, Co: combined anti-hypertensives, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, MBP: mean blood pressure.

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A statistically significant difference was found between the six groups in terms of preoperative SBP and DBP. Groups that are different from each other; group none-RAASI; group none-BB; group none-CCB; group none-Co.

A statistically significant difference was found between the six groups in terms of preoperative MBP. Groups that are different from each other; group none-RAASI; group none-BB; group none-CCB; group none-D; group none-Co; group RAASI-BB; group RAASI-CCB; group RAASI-D; group RAASI-Co.

A statistically significant difference was found between the six groups in terms of pre-anesthesia SBP and DBP. Groups that are different from each other; group none-BB; group RAASI-BB.

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A statistically significant difference was found between the six groups in terms of pre-anesthesia MBP. Groups that are different from each other; group none-BB; group RAASI-CCB.