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Perioperative beta‐blockers vs placebo or usual care: Bradycardia

Population
adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia (to include: low‐risk, medium‐risk, and high‐risk surgeries)
Intervention
Perioperative beta‐blockers
Comparison
placebo or usual care
Outcome
Bradycardia

Perioperative beta‐blockers may leads to higher bradycardia (within 30 days; as defined by study authors, minimum… compared with placebo or standard care (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Perioperative beta‐blockers vs placebo or standard care
Bradycardia (within 30 days; as defined by study authors, minimum heart rate < 60 beats per minute or requiring medication) · adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia (to include: low‐risk, medium‐risk, and high‐risk…
Perioperative beta‐blockers may leads to higher bradycardia (within 30 days; as defined by study authors, minimum… compared with placebo or standard care (low certainty).
Perioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity in adults undergoing… (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 2.49 [1.74, 3.56]49 studies · 12239 participantsLow

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Perioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity in adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery
2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
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