RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Perioperative beta-blockers in noncardiac surgery: Evolution of the evidence
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 513
OP 519
VO 75
IS 7
A1 Brian Harte
A1 Amir K. Jaffer
YR 2008
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/7/513.abstract
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.