TY - JOUR T1 - Perioperative beta-blockers in noncardiac surgery: Evolution of the evidence JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 513 LP - 519 VL - 75 IS - 7 AU - Brian Harte AU - Amir K. Jaffer Y1 - 2008/07/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/7/513.abstract N2 - After studies in the 1990s suggested that beta-blockers offer substantial benefits when given before surgery, several national organizations endorsed the perioperative use of these drugs as a best practice in certain patients. However, subsequent research has cast doubt on whether it is appropriate to use these drugs as widely as suggested by those early studies. ER -