• Journal of anesthesia · Feb 2010

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    Possible indications of beta-blockers in the perioperative period other than prevention of cardiac ischemia.

    • Yuji Kadoi and Shigeru Saito.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22, Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan. kadoi@med.gunma-u.ac.jp
    • J Anesth. 2010 Feb 1; 24 (1): 81-95.

    AbstractAccording to the guidelines of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association 2006 for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for non-cardiac surgery, beta-blocker therapy should be considered for high-risk individuals undergoing vascular surgery or high- and intermediate-risk patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. This guideline might induce physicians to increasingly use beta-blockers in the hope of preventing perioperative cardiac complications. However, beta-blockers have potential beneficial effects outside the prevention of cardiac events. In addition to reducing anesthetic and analgesic requirements during the perioperative period, beta-blockers have neuroprotective effects in patients with brain trauma and possible effectiveness in the management of intraoperative awareness-induced post-traumatic stress disorder. Moreover, intrathecal administration of beta-blockers may have antinociceptive effects. Physicians need to bear in mind the benefits of beta-blockers for purposes other than preventing cardiac events when applied in the perioperative period, and they should be familiar with the pharmacodynamics and risk-benefit ratio with their use. This review focuses on possible extracardiac indications of beta-blockers.

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