http://community.the-hospitalist.org/blogs/wachters_world/archive/2007/11/16/perioperative-beta-blockers-redux.aspxEarlier this week, I discussed the preliminary results of the POISE trial, the blockbuster that showed that perioperative beta blockers may cause more harm than good. I've asked my UCSF colleague Andy Auerbach, one of the nation's experts on this intervention,enCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 61019.2)http://community.the-hospitalist.org/blogs/wachters_world/archive/2007/11/16/perioperative-beta-blockers-redux.aspx#147Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:17:46 GMT992be9d0-12c9-40c6-8320-422b6d6acb7c:147mcb<p>I think we have overused perioperative beta blockers, and it's at least in part because we extrapolated from the studies, applying the results to patients who would not have met the study criteria. &nbsp;Of course, this kind of extrapolation is fairly common.</p>