Why the study?
Does controlled expansion of plasma volume restore sinus rhythm in critically ill patients with acute cardiorespiratory failure and rapid atrial fibrillation?
Population
6 patients with varying degrees of acute cardiorespiratory failure who developed rapid atrial fibrillation…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
30 minutes
Authors
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May support volume expansion for rapid AF in select hypovolemic patients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials.
Does controlled expansion of plasma volume restore sinus rhythm in critically ill patients with acute cardiorespiratory failure and rapid atrial fibrillation?
In critically ill patients with acute hypovolemia and rapid atrial fibrillation, volume expansion may restore sinus rhythm when standard rate control or cardioversion fails.
Edwards et al. (1987) studied this question.
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