Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is particularly frequent (46%) in septic shock patients. Inflammation favours AF in the general population, and there is a growing body of evidence that inflammation also plays a role in AF occurring after cardiac surgery but al...

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Autores principales: Seguin, Philippe, Launey, Yoann
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20670386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9093
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description Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is particularly frequent (46%) in septic shock patients. Inflammation favours AF in the general population, and there is a growing body of evidence that inflammation also plays a role in AF occurring after cardiac surgery but also in the general ICU. How such a finding could modify the therapeutic approach remains elusive. The impact of AF on mortality is not clearly demonstrated in the ICU, with AF reflecting essentially the severity of the underlying disease.
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spelling pubmed-29450892011-07-22 Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU Seguin, Philippe Launey, Yoann Crit Care Commentary Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is particularly frequent (46%) in septic shock patients. Inflammation favours AF in the general population, and there is a growing body of evidence that inflammation also plays a role in AF occurring after cardiac surgery but also in the general ICU. How such a finding could modify the therapeutic approach remains elusive. The impact of AF on mortality is not clearly demonstrated in the ICU, with AF reflecting essentially the severity of the underlying disease. BioMed Central 2010 2010-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2945089/ /pubmed/20670386 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9093 Text en Copyright ©2010 BioMed Central Ltd
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Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU
title Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU
title_full Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU
title_fullStr Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU
title_full_unstemmed Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU
title_short Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU
title_sort atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the icu
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945089/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9093
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