Key result
New onset atrial fibrillation developed in 5.3% of surgical intensive care unit patients, with advanced age, blunt thoracic trauma, shock, pulmonary artery catheter, and prior calcium-channel blockers as independent predictors.
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What is the incidence and what are the risk factors for developing atrial fibrillation in patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit?
Observational (n=460)
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What is the incidence and what are the risk factors for developing atrial fibrillation in patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit?
New-onset atrial fibrillation occurs in approximately 5.3% of surgical ICU patients and is associated with increased disease severity, specific clinical stressors like shock and trauma, and the withdrawal of calcium-channel blockers.
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May guide surveillance for high-risk surgical ICU patients; extends AF incidence data to noncardiac surgical cohorts.
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Séguin et al. (2004) conducted an observational in Atrial fibrillation in surgical intensive care unit patients (n=460). Risk factors for atrial fibrillation was evaluated on Incidence of new onset atrial fibrillation. New onset atrial fibrillation developed in 5.3% of surgical intensive care unit patients, with advanced age, blunt thoracic trauma, shock, pulmonary artery catheter, and prior calcium-channel blockers as independent predictors.
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