Characteristics of patients presenting to emergency department for primary atrial fibrillation or flutter at an academic medical center

Autor: Sadaf, Murrium I., O'Bryan, James, Biese, Kevin, Chen, Sarah, Deyo, Zachariah, Mendys, Phil, Sears, Samuel F., Tuttle, Heather, Walker, T. Jennifer, Gehi, Anil K.
Zdroj: Indian Heart Journal; September-October 2021, Vol. 73 Issue: 5 p588-593, 6p
Abstrakt: In the United States, atrial fibrillation (AF) accounts for over 400,000 hospitalizations annually. Emergency Department (ED) physicians have few resources available to guide AF/AFL (atrial flutter) patient triage, and the majority of these patients are subsequently admitted. Our aim is to describe the characteristics and disposition of AF/AFL patients presenting to the University of North Carolina (UNC) ED with the goal of developing a protocol to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations.
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