guidelines to help determine which patients should be STARTED on beta-blockers before non-cardiac surgery

August 2006

There are now updated guidelines to help determine which patients should be STARTED on beta-blockers before non-cardiac surgery.

Beta-blockers reduce ischemia perioperatively...and MIGHT reduce heart attacks and deaths.

But critics say the data aren't very good. And there's a risk of bradycardia and hypotension during surgery.

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