The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7408 p40
8 July 2006

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Perioperative beta blockade

Compared with placebo, sustained release metoprolol given to patients with diabetes undergoing non-cardiac surgery does not affect long-term mortality and cardiac morbidity, say researchers (BMJ 2006;332:1482).