December 13, 2006Anesthesia & Analgesia
ACC/AHA 2006 Guideline Update on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery: Focused Update on Perioperative Beta-Blocker Therapy ??? A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery)
Population
Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
Design
Guideline
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Adopt these evidence-graded recommendations for perioperative beta blockade now; extends prior ACC/AHA guidance for noncardiac surgery.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
I
Intervention
Perioperative beta-blocker therapy
This ACC/AHA focused update provides evidence-based recommendations for perioperative beta-blocker therapy in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
Cite This Study
Fleisher et al. (2006) studied this question.