“…Indeed, in 2020, a study reported on a variety of agents being used to blunt the hypertensive response to laryngoscopy, highlighting a continued focus on the risks associated with hypertension. 5 However, for more than a decade, perioperative hypotension has been shown to be detrimental. In the Perioperative Ischemic Evaluation (POISE) study, 6 perioperative hypotension was the major population-based risk factor for all-cause mortality.…”