Tachycardia and low blood pressure after surgery

Hello and thank you for your question. In agreement, it would be helpful for your surgeon to have the old records available for preparation of your blood pressure results after surgery. Best of luck to you.

I would recommend that you have your surgery in a fully accredited inpatient or outpatient surgery center with a board certified anesthesiologist present for your procedure and recovery.

Thank you for sharing your question and I am sorry to hear of your recovery symptoms.  Planning with any surgery revolves around patient safety, all the more so with an elective procedure such as a mommy makeover.  It would be important to have discussions between your general medicine doctor, plastic surgeon, and anesthesiologist to ensure that any medical issues have been addressed and optimized.  Voice your concern to your surgeon, they should be able to offer reassurances and recommendations.

I would recommend you going over this with your plastic surgeon.  In addition it would be prudent to have a complete physical by your primary physician.  In addition you can always meet and discuss your history with your anesthesiologist before surgery. Thank you for your question.Good luck.

The most important consideration your plastic surgeon will make for you is whether it is safe to do plastic surgery.  A mommy makeover is extremely common and the results can be amazing.  However, it should only be done if safe to do so.  Have your surgeon send you for a medical consultation and likely an anaesthetic consultation so that the people responsible for medical issues can safely clear you for surgery.  Our goal as plastic surgeons is to provide excellent results and safe comprehensive care.Dr Rodger ShorttOakville Plastic SurgeonAssistant Clinical Professor &Director of Cosmetic Surgery Training Program,McMaster UniversityOakville, Burlington, Georgetown, Milton, Mississauga, Hamilton, and Toronto.

I encourage you to discuss your medical history with your surgeon. Tachycardia and low blood pressure could be causes for concern unless the underlying cause is known and can be well controlled. Certain medications given during surgery that are used to control bleeding can sometimes cause the heart rate to increase. Anesthesia or narcotic medications can affect blood pressure.

As others have said, I would get the old anesthesia records and make sure you get evaluated by an internist or cardiologist prior to surgery.

You need to get copies of your previous anesthesia records and supply them to the anesthesiologist that will be taking care of you during the tummy tuck surgery and have an in person or phone consult with that doctor to see what they recommend.