Emergency department presentations for atrial fibrillation and flutter in Alberta: A large population-based study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^a,b   Graham, Michelle M ^a   Holroyd, Brian R ^c,d   Rowe, Brian H ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Women and Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CANADA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; AFTERCARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85008487914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12873-016-0113-2     Document Type: Article

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