Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22689259›Full record

ReviewMedizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin2012

[Therapy of atrial fibrillation in the critically ill].

T Willich, M Hammwöhner, A Goette

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Review in Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 98% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. [Hypothermia-induced ECG changes: characteristic, but not specific].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

T WillichMedizinische Klinik II, St. Vincenz Krankenhaus Paderborn, Am Busdorf 2, 33098, Paderborn, Deutschland.
M Hammwöhner
A Goette
Brüderkrankenhaus St. Josef Paderborn · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of arrhythmia in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is associated with increased mortality. A total of five types of AF can be distinguished: initially diagnosed, paroxysmal, persistent, long-standing persistent and permanent AF. In addition to the initial treatment, antithrombotic therapy, rate and rhythm management can be used. The treatment of comorbidities is part of the patient management and for patients with increased risk of thromboembolic events anticoagulation is recommended. The simplest risk assessment scheme is the CHADS score. In the acute setting rate control is important. Direct current cardioversion is urgently recommended for patients with AF when hemodynamic instability is present even in patients with AF and pre-excitation in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Pharmacological cardioversion may be considered in patients with AF when hemodynamic stability is present. When choosing the antiarrhythmic agent for critically ill patients only amiodarone can be considered with some exceptions due to the specific contraindications.

Indexed as

AmiodaroneAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAnticoagulantsAtrial FibrillationComorbidityContraindicationsCritical CareCritical IllnessElectric CountershockHeart RateHemodynamicsHumansIntensive Care UnitsPrognosisThromboembolismWolff-Parkinson-White SyndromeAmiodaroneAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAnticoagulants

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PMID22689259
OpenAlexW168875334

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