Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 176

LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Welcome to the 176th edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature. This edition contains 5 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid,  Justin Morgenstern and, of course, Chris Nickson. Find more R&R in the Fastlane reviews in the R&R Archive, read more about the R&R project or check out the full list of R&R contributors This Edition’s R&R Hall of Famer Emergency Medicine Stiell IG et al. Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients with Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter Treated in Canadian Hospitals. Ann Emerg Med 2017. PMID: 28110987 To cardiovert or not to cardiovert recent onset atrial fibrillation? It’s a question that plagues EM. While this doesn’t give us a definitive answer on safety, it’s an excellent prospective study demonstrating that taking an aggressive approach to the management of recent-onset AF/AFl in the ED. Based on this evidence it appears reasonable to adopt an approach focused on restoring sinus rhythm in the ED. Recommended by: Anand Swami...
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