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Make the Invisible Visible: Abandoning Comfortable Blindness in Anaesthesia

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Defining patient safety in anaesthesia solely by keeping vital signs within "acceptable" limits on a monitor is no longer a scientific strategy; it has become a form of comfortable blindness.Although strong evidence shows that both the duration and depth of perioperative hypotension are linked to cardiac, renal, and neurological complications, hemodynamic disturbances, particularly those occurring during regional anaesthesia or sedation, are still often tolerated.This paradox remains one of the most striking inconsistencies in contemporary anesthetic practice.

Source: Türk anesteziyoloji ve reanimasyon derneği dergisi

DOI: 10.4274/tjar.2026.262441

Authors: Özlem Selvi Can, Alper Kılıçaslan, Serkan Tulgar, Zekeriyya Alanoğlu

Institutions: Ankara University, Necmettin Erbakan University, Bahçeşehir University, Washington University in St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7128376979