Perioperative beta-blockers in noncardiac surgery: evolution of the evidence.

Cleve Clin J Med · 2008

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Abstract

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.