Atrial fibrillation is an independent predictor of mortality in critically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2104-2111

  Shaver, Ciara M ^a   Chen, Wei ^b   Janz, David R ^c   May, Addison K ^a   Darbar, Dawood ^a   Bernard, Gordon R ^a   Bastarache, Julie A ^a   Ware, Lorraine B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Critical illness; Fluid balance; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Vasopressor

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOPRESSIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIRECT CURRENT; DRUG USE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84941920637     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001166     Document Type: Article

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