Epidemiology and patient outcome after medical emergency team calls triggered by atrial fibrillation.

Antoine Schneider; Paolo Calzavacca; Daryl Jones; Rinaldo Bellomo

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Epidemiology and patient outcome after medical emergency team calls triggered by atrial fibrillation.

April 13, 2011

Schneider A, Calzavacca P, Jones D, et al. Resuscitation. 2011;82(4):410-4.

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Atrial fibrillation, a common cardiac arrhythmia, triggered a significant proportion of rapid response system activations at an Australian hospital, and was associated with worsened clinical outcomes.

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