2021 CAEP Acute Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Best Practices Checklist

Ian G Stiell^{1

2

3}, Kerstin de Wit^{4

5}, Frank X Scheuermeyer⁶, Alain Vadeboncoeur^{7

8}, Paul Angaran⁹, Debra Eagles^{10

11}, Ian D Graham¹¹, Clare L Atzema^{12

13}, Patrick M Archambault¹⁴, Troy Tebbenham¹⁵, Andrew D McRae¹⁶, Warren J Cheung^{10

11}, Ratika Parkash¹⁷, Marc W Deyell¹⁸, Geneviève Baril¹⁹, Rick Mann²⁰, Rupinder Sahsi^{21

22}, Suneel Upadhye²³, Erica Brown¹¹, Jennifer Brinkhurst¹¹, Christian Chabot²⁴, Allan Skanes²⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. istiell@ohri.ca.
² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. istiell@ohri.ca.
³ Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Ottawa Hospital, F657, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada. istiell@ohri.ca.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁹ Division of Cardiology, Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹¹ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹² Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹³ Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada.
¹⁵ Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁷ Division of Cardiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
¹⁸ Heart Rhythm Services, Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁹ Hôpital de Granby, Granby, QC, Canada.
²⁰ Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga Hospital, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
²¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
²² St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener, ON, Canada.
²³ Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
²⁴ , Quebec City, QC, Canada.
²⁵ Division of Cardiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.

PMID: 34383280
PMCID: PMC8423652
DOI: 10.1007/s43678-021-00167-y

Review

2021 CAEP Acute Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Best Practices Checklist

Ian G Stiell et al. CJEM. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;23(5):604-610.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00167-y. Epub 2021 Aug 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. istiell@ohri.ca.
² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. istiell@ohri.ca.
³ Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Ottawa Hospital, F657, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada. istiell@ohri.ca.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁹ Division of Cardiology, Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹¹ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹² Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹³ Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada.
¹⁵ Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁷ Division of Cardiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
¹⁸ Heart Rhythm Services, Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁹ Hôpital de Granby, Granby, QC, Canada.
²⁰ Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga Hospital, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
²¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
²² St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener, ON, Canada.
²³ Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
²⁴ , Quebec City, QC, Canada.
²⁵ Division of Cardiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.

PMID: 34383280
PMCID: PMC8423652
DOI: 10.1007/s43678-021-00167-y

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Overview of 2021 CAEP AF/AFL best practices checklist

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Comment in

Measuring and improving atrial fibrillation and flutter care in Canadian emergency departments.
McRae AD, Chartier LB, Atzema CL. McRae AD, et al. CJEM. 2024 May;26(5):293-294. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00701-8. CJEM. 2024. PMID: 38713359 No abstract available.

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