Key result
A single-center retrospective cohort study suggests that perioperative use of β-blockers in noncardiac surgery can be harmful.
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May warrant caution with perioperative β-blockers; observational data leaves open need for randomized confirmation.
Perioperative use of β-blockers currently is intensely controversial; studies have yielded conflicting results about benefits and harms. Earlier studies supported liberal use of perioperative β-blockers to prevent cardiac ischemic complications in noncardiac surgery, and some authorities have advocated this approach. More recently, however, researchers have questioned the validity of such an approach (JW May 22 2008 and JW Nov 29 2006). In a single-center retrospective cohort study at a …
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Calderon et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Noncardiac surgery. Perioperative β-blockers was evaluated. A single-center retrospective cohort study suggests that perioperative use of β-blockers in noncardiac surgery can be harmful.
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