Perioperative beta blockade: where do we go from here?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

1. The effect of landiolol on cerebral blood flow in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.Journal of anesthesia · 2010
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2. Perioperative beta-adrenergic antagonism: panacea or poison?British journal of anaesthesia · 2019
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3. Learning from mistakes in clinical practice guidelines: the case of perioperative β-blockade.BMJ quality & safety · 2014
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4. Effectiveness of preoperative beta-blockade on intra-operative heart rate in vascular surgery cases conducted under regional or local anesthesia.SpringerPlus · 2014
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5. Improving perioperative outcomes: my journey into risk, patient preferences, guidelines, and performance measures: Ninth Honorary FAER Research Lecture.Anesthesiology · 2010
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6. Perioperative medicine update.Journal of general internal medicine · 2009
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7. Treatment recommendations to prevent myocardial ischemia and infarction in patients undergoing vascular surgery.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2009
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8. Perioperative cardiovascular assessment of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2009
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9. Delirium after elective surgery among elderly patients taking statins.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2008
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10. [Perioperative pharmacological myocardial protection. Systematic literature-based process optimization].Der Anaesthesist · 2008
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11. Recently published papers: Renal replacement therapy: which route and how much? Intracerebral haematomas: does the size matter? Beta blockers and steroids: will we ever know?Critical care (London, England) · 2008
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12. Sympathetic autonomic dysfunction and impaired cardiovascular performance in higher risk surgical patients: implications for perioperative sympatholysis.Open heart
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  Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomised controlled trial.2008

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