Postoperative arrhythmias in general surgical patients

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-95

  Walsh, Stewart R ^a   Tang, Tjun ^a   Wijewardena, Chandana ^a   Yarham, Sahah I ^a   Boyle, Jonathan R ^a   Gaunt, Michael E ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANEMIA; CARDIOVERSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ARRHYTHMIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33847778956     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X168253     Document Type: Review

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