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Lack of Physician Concordance With Guidelines on the Perioperative Use of β-Blockers

Author(s) -

Anita K. Siddiqui,

Shahid Ahmed,

Henri Delbeau,

David A. Conner,

Joseph Mattana

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.164.6.664

Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , beta blocker , myocardial infarction , medical history , bisoprolol , emergency department , concordance , coronary artery disease , emergency medicine , surgery , heart failure , psychiatry

The American College of Physicians recommends perioperative use of beta-blockers for certain patients to improve outcomes after surgery. Study of physician behavior with respect to guidelines and recommended practices have shown that beta-blockers have been underutilized after myocardial infarction. We evaluated physician concordance with the perioperative use of beta-blockers along with a specialty-related difference in the frequency of perioperative beta-blocker use.

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