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Wetterslev M, Hylander Møller M, Granholm A, Hassager C, Haase N, Lange T, Myatra SN, Hästbacka J, Arabi YM, Shen J, Cronhjort M, Lindqvist E, Aneman A, Young PJ, Szczeklik W, Siegemund M, Koster T, Aslam TN, Bestle MH, Girkov MS, Kalvit K, Mohanty R, Mascarenhas J, Pattnaik M, Vergis S, Haranath SP, Shah M, Joshi Z, Wilkman E, Reinikainen M, Lehto P, Jalkanen V, Pulkkinen A, An Y, Wang G, Huang L, Huang B, Liu W, Gao H, Dou L, Li S, Yang W, Tegnell E, Knight A, Czuczwar M, Czarnik T, Perner A. Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB) in the ICU: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes: The International AFIB-ICU Cohort Study. Crit Care Med 2023; 51:1124-1137. [PMID: 37078722 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the ICU and to describe current practice in the management of AF. DESIGN Multicenter, prospective, inception cohort study. SETTING Forty-four ICUs in 12 countries in four geographical regions. SUBJECTS Adult, acutely admitted ICU patients without a history of persistent/permanent AF or recent cardiac surgery were enrolled; inception periods were from October 2020 to June 2021. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS We included 1,423 ICU patients and analyzed 1,415 (99.4%), among whom 221 patients had 539 episodes of AF. Most (59%) episodes were diagnosed with continuous electrocardiogram monitoring. The incidence of AF was 15.6% (95% CI, 13.8-17.6), of which newly developed AF was 13.3% (11.5-15.1). A history of arterial hypertension, paroxysmal AF, sepsis, or high disease severity at ICU admission was associated with AF. Used interventions to manage AF were fluid bolus 19% (95% CI 16-23), magnesium 16% (13-20), potassium 15% (12-19), amiodarone 51% (47-55), beta-1 selective blockers 34% (30-38), calcium channel blockers 4% (2-6), digoxin 16% (12-19), and direct current cardioversion in 4% (2-6). Patients with AF had more ischemic, thromboembolic (13.6% vs 7.9%), and severe bleeding events (5.9% vs 2.1%), and higher mortality (41.2% vs 25.2%) than those without AF. The adjusted cause-specific hazard ratio for 90-day mortality by AF was 1.38 (95% CI, 0.95-1.99). CONCLUSIONS In ICU patients, AF occurred in one of six and was associated with different conditions. AF was associated with worse outcomes while not statistically significantly associated with 90-day mortality in the adjusted analyses. We observed variations in the diagnostic and management strategies for AF.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mik Wetterslev
- Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Section of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesiology Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
- South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Warwick Farm, NSW, Australia
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- Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
- Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine and Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Critical Care, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital - North Zealand, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesiology Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medicine and Critical Care, Breach Candy Hospital Trust, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery, India
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tagore Hospital, Jalandhar, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Intensive Care, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Central Finland Central Hospital, Central Finland Health Care District, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Hebei, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Xinjiang Production and Construction Crops 13 div Red Star Hospital
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hudiksvall Hospital, Hudiksvall, Sweden
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- Second Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Opole, Opole, Poland
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- Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Wetterslev M, Møller MH, Granholm A, Hassager C, Haase N, Aslam TN, Shen J, Young PJ, Aneman A, Hästbacka J, Siegemund M, Cronhjort M, Lindqvist E, Myatra SN, Kalvit K, Arabi YM, Szczeklik W, Sigurdsson MI, Balik M, Keus F, Perner A, Huang B, Yan M, Liu W, Deng Y, Zhang L, Suk P, Mørk Sørensen K, Andreasen AS, Bestle MH, Krag M, Poulsen LM, Hildebrandt T, Møller K, Møller‐Sørensen H, Bove J, Kilsgaard TA, Salam IA, Brøchner AC, Strøm T, Sølling C, Kolstrup L, Boczan M, Rasmussen BS, Darfelt IS, Jalkanen V, Lehto P, Reinikainen M, Kárason S, Sigvaldason K, Olafsson O, Vergis S, Mascarenhas J, Shah M, Haranath SP, Van Der Poll A, Gjerde S, Fossum OK, Strand K, Wangberg HL, Berta E, Balsliemke S, Robertson AC, Pedersen R, Dokka V, Brügger‐Synnes P, Czarnik T, Albshabshe AA, Almekhlafi G, Knight A, Tegnell E, Sjövall F, Jakob S, Filipovic M, Kleger G, Eck RJ. Management of acute atrial fibrillation in the intensive care unit: An international survey. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2022; 66:375-385. [PMID: 34870855 DOI: 10.1111/aas.14007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and is associated with poor outcomes. Different management strategies exist, but the evidence is limited and derived from non-ICU patients. This international survey of ICU doctors evaluated the preferred management of acute AF in ICU patients. METHOD We conducted an international online survey of ICU doctors with 27 questions about the preferred management of acute AF in the ICU, including antiarrhythmic therapy in hemodynamically stable and unstable patients and use of anticoagulant therapy. RESULTS A total of 910 respondents from 70 ICUs in 14 countries participated in the survey with 24%-100% of doctors from sites responding. Most ICUs (80%) did not have a local guideline for the management of acute AF. The preferred first-line strategy for the management of hemodynamically stable patients with acute AF was observation (95% of respondents), rhythm control (3%), or rate control (2%). For hemodynamically unstable patients, the preferred strategy was observation (48%), rhythm control (48%), or rate control (4%). Overall, preferred antiarrhythmic interventions included amiodarone, direct current cardioversion, beta-blockers other than sotalol, and magnesium in that order. A total of 67% preferred using anticoagulant therapy in ICU patients with AF, among whom 61% preferred therapeutic dose anticoagulants and 39% prophylactic dose anticoagulants. CONCLUSION This international survey indicated considerable practice variation among ICU doctors in the clinical management of acute AF, including the overall management strategies and the use of antiarrhythmic interventions and anticoagulants.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mik Wetterslev
- Department of Intensive Care Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesiology Division of Emergencies and Critical Care Rikshospitalet Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine Peking University People's Hospital Beijing China
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- Intensive Care Specialist and co‐Director, Intensive Care Unit Wellington Hospital Wellington New Zealand
- Intensive Care Programme Director Medical Research Institute of New Zealand Wellington New Zealand
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Monash University Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine Liverpool Hospital South Western Sydney Local Health District and South Western Sydney Clinical School University of New South Wales Sydney Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine Department of Clinical Research University Hospital Basel and University of Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Södersjukhuset Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Södersjukhuset Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesiology Critical Care and Pain Tata Memorial Hospital Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology Critical Care and Pain Tata Memorial Hospital Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai India
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences King Abdullah International Medical Research Center Riyadh Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine Jagiellonian University Medical College Kraków Poland
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- Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Perioperative Services at Landspitali The National University Hospital of Iceland Reykjavik Iceland
- Faculty of Medicine University of Iceland Reykjavik Iceland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care 1st Faculty of Medicine General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Critical Care University of Groningen University Medical Center Groningen Groningen the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
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