PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Harte, Brian
AU  - Jaffer, Amir K.
TI  - Perioperative beta-blockers in noncardiac surgery: Evolution of the evidence
DP  - 2008 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 513--519
VI  - 75
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/7/513.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/7/513.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2008 Jul 01; 75
AB  - 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.