Patients often are taken off of their usual medications before and after their surgeries. However, some people take heart medications called beta blockers, which help lower blood pressure and control other medical conditions. Unlike with many other medications, beta blockers should continue to be taken through surgery. Without them, dangerous heart problems may develop.These graphs give the percentage of patients who usually take beta blockers who continue to take them through their surgeries.

July 2011 - June 2012 data

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Results over time

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More surgical care measurements 

• Patients using beta-blocker therapy prior to arrival
• Antibiotic received within one hour before surgery
• Antibiotic selection for surgical patients
• Antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery
• Blood glucose control
• Appropriate hair removal
• Urinary catheter removal on first or second day after surgery
• Timely blood clot treatments ordered
• Blood clot prevention treatment received within 24 hours of surgery
• Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room

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