Disparities in management of new-onset atrial fibrillation in the emergency department despite adherence to the current guidelines: Data from a large metropolitan area

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Buccelletti, Francesco ^a   Somma, Salvatore Di ^b   Galante, Alberto ^c   Pugliese, Francesco ^d   Alegiani, Filippo ^e   Bertazzoni, Giuliano ^f   Silveri, Nicolò Gentiloni ^a   Legramante, Jacopo M ^c   Franceschi, Francesco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d SandroPertiniHopsital ^*  (Italy)

^e Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina Hospital   (Italy)

^f POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Dysrhythmia; Electrocarioversion; Epidemiology; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953026586     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0537-3     Document Type: Article

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