Patients on blood pressure medication experience lower mortality at 30 days, according to research from Toronto General Hospital reported in Anesthesiology News.
The researchers examined data from more than 61,000 patients to compare surgical outcomes for patients who took ACE inhibitors with patients who did not. The results showed that patients on long-term blood medication prior to non-cardiac surgery experienced lower 30-day mortality.
Patients who stopped taking ACE inhibitors a few days prior to surgery and then delayed restarting the drugs had similar outcomes to those who took drugs up until the morning of surgery and then resumed the drugs once appropriate.
Study author Jason Toppin, MD, and his colleagues presented their findings at the 2011 annual meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.
Read the Anesthesiology News report on blood pressure medication.
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The researchers examined data from more than 61,000 patients to compare surgical outcomes for patients who took ACE inhibitors with patients who did not. The results showed that patients on long-term blood medication prior to non-cardiac surgery experienced lower 30-day mortality.
Patients who stopped taking ACE inhibitors a few days prior to surgery and then delayed restarting the drugs had similar outcomes to those who took drugs up until the morning of surgery and then resumed the drugs once appropriate.
Study author Jason Toppin, MD, and his colleagues presented their findings at the 2011 annual meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.
Read the Anesthesiology News report on blood pressure medication.
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