Preoperative Assessment of the Cardiac Patient Undergoing ...
Preoperative Assessment of the Cardiac Patient Undergoing ...
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Effect <strong>of</strong> Perioperative BB-Blockade<br />
Blockade<br />
in Non-cardiac Non cardiac surgery among Medicare beneficiaries<br />
Among<br />
Ideal<br />
MMedicare di<br />
<strong>Patient</strong>s<br />
Treated<br />
with<br />
BBeta t Blockers Bl k<br />
(n=75,190)<br />
Not treated<br />
with<br />
BBeta t Blockers Bl k<br />
(n=260,238)<br />
Mortality 22.73% 73% 22.91% 91%<br />
Lindenaeur PK, Pekow P, Wang K, et al., Perioperative Beta Blocker Therapy and Mortality following<br />
major Non-cardiac Surgery. NEJM 2005;353:349-61.
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