An international view of how recent-onset atrial fibrillation is treated in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1255-1260

  Rogenstein, Carly ^a   Kelly, Anne Maree ^b   Mason, Suzanne ^c   Schneider, Sandra ^d   Lang, Eddy ^e   Clement, Catherine M ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; FLECAINIDE; IBUTILIDE; METOPROLOL; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CARDIOVERSION; CHI SQUARE TEST; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CHOICE; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECENT ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRALASIA; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869457555     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12016     Document Type: Article

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