New-onset atrial fibrillation in intensive care: epidemiology and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

New-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) is common in patients treated on an intensive care unit (ICU), but the long-term impacts on patient outcomes are unclear. We compared national hospital and long-term outcomes of patients who developed NOAF in ICU with those who did not, before and after adjusting for comorbidities and ICU admission factors.

Methods and results

Using the RISK-II database (Case Mix Programme national clinical audit of adult intensive care linked with Hospital Episode Statistics and mortality data), we conducted a retrospective cohort study of 4615 patients with NOAF and 27 690 matched controls admitted to 248 adult ICUs in England, from April 2009 to March 2016. We examined in-hospital mortality; hospital readmission with atrial fibrillation (AF), hear

SUBMITTER: Bedford JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362765 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature