Perioperative beta blockade: where do we go from here?

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Randomized Controlled Trial

Lee A Fleisher et al. Lancet. 2008.

. 2008 May 31;371(9627):1813-4.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60662-5. Epub 2008 May 12.

¹ University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Lee.fleisher@uphs.upenn.edu

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Perioperative beta blockade.
Bangalore S, Gluud C, Wetterslev J, Messerli FH. Bangalore S, et al. Lancet. 2008 Sep 27;372(9644):1147-8; author reply 1148. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61475-0. Lancet. 2008. PMID: 18926270 No abstract available.

Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomised controlled trial.
POISE Study Group; Devereaux PJ, Yang H, Yusuf S, Guyatt G, Leslie K, Villar JC, Xavier D, Chrolavicius S, Greenspan L, Pogue J, Pais P, Liu L, Xu S, Málaga G, Avezum A, Chan M, Montori VM, Jacka M, Choi P. POISE Study Group, et al. Lancet. 2008 May 31;371(9627):1839-47. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60601-7. Epub 2008 May 12. Lancet. 2008. PMID: 18479744 Clinical Trial.