TY - JOUR T1 - Hypertension in surgical patients: the role of beta-blockers JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 511 LP - 512 DO - 10.3399/bjgp16X687253 VL - 66 IS - 651 AU - Pierre Foex AU - John Sear Y1 - 2016/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/66/651/511.4.abstract N2 - We read the editorial on ‘Preoperative blood pressure measurement: what should GPs be doing?’ with great interest.1 In support of the lack of evidence that reducing blood pressure helps, the authors quote the POISE study,2 stating that beta-blockers were used to reduce blood pressure preoperatively and the data suggested that it did more … ER -