A population-based description of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department, 2002 to 2010

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Atzema, Clare L ^a,b,c   Austin, Peter C ^a   Miller, Eli ^b   Chong, Alice S ^a   Yun, Lingsong ^a   Dorian, Paul ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVERSION; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84888136055     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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