Variation in management of recent-onset atrial fibrillation and flutter among academic hospital emergency departments

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-21

  Stiell, Ian G ^a   Clement, Catherine M ^b   Brison, Robert J ^e   Rowe, Brian H ⁱ   Borgundvaag, Bjug ^d   Langhan, Trevor ^g   Lang, Eddy ^f   Magee, Kirk ^h   Stenstrom, Rob ^j   Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Birnie, David ^c   Wells, George A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; HEPARIN; IBUTILIDE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVERSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROCAINAMIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650443466     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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