Atrial fibrillation in a tertiary care multidisciplinary intensive care unit - Incidence and risk factors

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 707-713

  Arora, S ^a,c   Lang, I ^a   Nayyar, V ^a   Stachowski, E ^a   Ross, D L ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*

^c Tamworth Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Cohort study; Incidence; Intensive care unit; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 35348926144     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500508     Document Type: Article

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