Prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery: a quality improvement project

CONCLUSIONS: This single-centre QI intervention increased the use of prophylactic amiodarone by 28% for patients at elevated risk of POAF, with no change in the early postoperative initiation of beta blockers (46.7% of patients by POD1). There was a notable reduction in the incidence of POAF in patients at elevated risk undergoing surgery.PMID:37919634 | DOI:10.1007/s12630-023-02619-8

Source: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia - November 3, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Sinead Egan Coilin Collins-Smyth Shruti Chitnis Jamie Head Allison Chiu Gurdip Bhatti Sean R McLean Source Type: research