Regular Medications and Surgery.

    A guide to which regular medications should be continued until the day of surgery.

Continue:

• Statins (decreases in-hospital mortality and need for RRT)
• β-Blockers (reduced risk of post-CABG AF)
• Nitrates
• Calcium antagonists
• K+ channel openers
• Corticosteroids
• Anti-dysrhythmics
• Bronchodilators

Controversial:

• Aspirin
• ACE inhibitors
• Angiotensin receptor blockers

Discontinue:

• Thienopyridines (e.g. clopidogrel, prasugrel)
• GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors (e.g. tirofiban)
• Diuretics
• NSAIDs
• MAO inhibitors
• Biguanides (metformin)