Validating emergency department cardioversion procedures in provincial administrative data in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardioversion of acute-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) via electrical or pharmacological means is a common procedure performed in many emergency departments. While these procedures appear to be very safe, the rarity of subsequent adverse outcomes such as stroke would require huge sample sizes to confirm that conclusion. Big data can supply such sample sizes.

Objective

We aimed to validate several potential codes for successful emergency department cardioversion of AF patients.

Methods

This study combined 3 observational datasets of emergency department AF visits seen at one of 26 hospitals in Ontario, Canada, between 2008 and 2012. We linked patients who were eligible for emergency department cardioversion to several province-wide health administrative datas

SUBMITTER: Atzema CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9714737 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature