Four years experience of a nurse-led elective cardioversion service within a district general hospital setting

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-85

  Shelton, Rhidian J ^a   Allinson, Alan ^a   Johnson, Tracey ^a   Smales, Charles ^a   Kaye, Gerald C ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Cardioversion

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSE TRAINING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK SCHEDULE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; NURSING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745277107     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj009     Document Type: Article

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