An Event of Undiagnosed Intraoperative Hypertension - Still a Nightmare - Suspense Continues …a Case Report

Abstract

Intraoperative events are not uncommon to any anesthesiologist. For every case inside the operating room, some major or minor events always occur related to patient, surgery, or anesthesia. Managing such events depends on the skill and experience of the anesthesiologist. When it becomes unmanageable due to undiagnosed and unanticipated conditions, it creates a “tug of war” situation inside the operating room. So, screening of such unidentied undiagnosed conditions is an essential aspect of the pre-anesthesia checkup. Unfortunately, sometimes due to asymptomatic presentations in non-stress conditions, it becomes difcult to screen them before surgery.We describe such an event of an intraoperative hypertensive crisis that remained undiagnosed before and after surgery leading to continuing suspense.