A Prospective, Randomized Trial of an Emergency Department Observation Unit for Acute Onset Atrial Fibrillation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-328

  Decker, Wyatt W ^a   Smars, Peter A ^a   Vaidyanathan, Lekshmi ^a   Goyal, Deepi G ^a   Boie, Eric T ^a   Stead, Latha G ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Meloy, Thomas D ^a   Boggust, Andy J ^a   Haro, Luis H ^a   Laudon, Dennis A ^a   Lobl, Joseph K ^a   Sadosty, Annie T ^a   Schears, Raquel M ^a   Schiebel, Nicola E ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Shen, Win Kuang ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52349123918     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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