Introduction:

Perioperative hypertension represents one of the leading alterations detected performing endoscopic cholecystectomy. It is presumed that atenolol has a protective effect able to reduce this morbid condition, likely due to its beta-blocking action.

Objective:

To assess the efficacy of atenolol on preventing perioperative hypertension performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the surgical unit of the Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico "Lucía Íñiguez Landín" of Holguín.

Method:

An observational, analytical, longitudinal and prospective cohort study was conducted with two study groups at the same time, experimental group and control group, from January to December, 2018. A total of 697 patients (N=697) evaluated in the preoperative consultation were involved in the study, the sample included 183 hypertensive patients (n=183) who underwent endoscopic surgery for gallbladder lithiasis, of whom 95 were randomized to the atenolol treatment group and 88 to the control group. Patients in the treatment group were administered atenolol at 25 mg daily for 15 days before surgery. Leading variables used were systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressures, and specific indicators were used to evaluate treatment effectiveness.

Results:

Preoperative arterial pressures decreased significantly with the use of atenolol in the treatment group. Perioperative hypertension was more frequent in the control group. Atenolol is a selective beta 1 receptor blocker, who causes a hypertensive effects in the central level, depressing the bulbar vasomotor center.

Conclusions:

The results of this investigation show that the use of atenolol in treatment was an effective alternative, thus effectiveness reduce perioperative hypertension rate.

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