[PDF] Top 20 Update on Management of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

... control of ventricular response during AF can be performed with various drugs, including digitalis, beta-blockers, and calcium channel blockers [2] ...control of response during this period, characterized ... See full document

... causes of new-onset AF, we evaluated all postoperative fluid-electrolyte balances of patients and any electrolyte deficiency was treated by ... See full document

... length of intensive care unit stay and hos- pital stay (entire stay from admission to discharge), duration of mechanical ventilation, periop- erative complications, and cardiac ...infarction, ... See full document

... combination of glucose, insulin, and potassium was initiated in the induction of anesthesia and continued for 12 hours in the intensive care unit ...glycemic management immediately before ... See full document

... development of PoAF were included univariate logistic regression ...predictor of postoperative AF after CABG surgery in multivariate analysis (Table ...sensitivity of 60% and a ... See full document

... part of routine clinical ...prior cardiac surgery, class III or IV heart failure, previous AF, left atrial diameter > 55 mm, left ventricular ejection fraction < ...already on ... See full document

... length of stay (days). Secondary outcome measurements included length of mechanical ventilation (hours), hospital stay (days); allogeneic blood products transfusions; surgical revision; low cardiac ... See full document

... undergoing cardiac surgery [9, ...incidence of POAF compared to beta-blocker therapy in several meta-analyses, also reducing hospital length of stay ...effect of amiodarone peaks ... See full document

... occurrence of POAF from surgery until hospital ...hours after the operation to detect new-onset ...placed on the patients until the fifth postoperative day. The presence of ... See full document

... limitations of this meta-analysis merit consid- ...some of them have a modest sample size. Overestimation of the treatment effect is more likely in smaller studies compared with larger ...based ... See full document

... increase of more than US$ 2,000 in total costs of care, US$ 900 in the in-hospital stay, approximately US$ 400 in medications, US$ 300 in diagnostic tests and medical-surgical supplies, and US$ 200 in ... See full document

... composite of stroke, transient ischaemic attack (TIA), systemic or pulmonary ...deficit of presumed cerebrovascular aeti- ology lasting for ...imaging of the brain. If symptoms were short lasting ... See full document

... time of surgery, gender, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), personal history ...emergency surgery, need of RRT, long-term medical treatment, time elapsed between angiography and ... See full document

... Os Descritores em Ciências da Saúde (DeCS) utilizados para a busca foram: “cuidados de enfermagem” (“nursing care”), “ci- rurgia torácica” (“thoracic surgery”) e “período pós-operatório” (“postoperative ... See full document

... consists of ten elements: practice of loving- kindness and equanimity in the con- text of caring consciousness; being authentically present and enabling and sustaining the deep belief system and ... See full document

... studies on quality of life in elderly patients un- dergoing cardiac surgery show a significant improvement in the quality of ...definitions of elderly, a lack of ... See full document

... 45 of Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act ...cohorts of data in a secure setting ...Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC) Health System Research ...Ministry of Health ... See full document

... IU/kg of heparin was administered before ...tip of the venous cannula was placed at the junction of the inferior vena cava and right atrium over a flexible ...placed on the left and right ... See full document

... present on the design of this ...based on three broad but connected categories including several risk factors: surgery-related, patient-related or dependent on patient’s functional ... See full document

... consequence of all these immature characteristics, both systolic and dia-stolic failure are common after surgery, in what might be considered a stunning (ischemia/reperfusion) ... See full document