• Journal of anesthesia · Dec 2016

    Review

    Beta-blockers in vascular surgery patients: is the debate still going on?

    • George Galyfos, Konstantinos Filis, Fragiska Sigala, and Georgios Geropapas.
    • Vascular Surgery Division, First Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, Hippocration Hospital, 6 Melinas Merkouri Str., Neon Irakleion, 14122, Athens, Greece. georgegalyfos@hotmail.com.
    • J Anesth. 2016 Dec 1; 30 (6): 1031-1036.

    AbstractPatients undergoing vascular surgery are under increased risk for perioperative myocardial ischemia and cardiovascular complications, and optimal medical treatment is therefore imperative for these patients. Beta-blockade has been introduced as a cornerstone of optimal management, and standardized preoperative initiation has been recommended in the past. However, recent pooled data have questioned prior recommendations and have led to revision of international guidelines. This review aims to highlight the debate on perioperative beta-blockade for vascular surgery patients in order to produce useful conclusions for everyday clinical practice.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…