Biphasic cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-53

  Lo, Godfrey K ^a   Fatovich, D M ^b   Haig, A D ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LARYNX SPASM; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEDATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30344436635     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.021055     Document Type: Article

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