Measuring and improving atrial fibrillation and flutter care in Canadian emergency departments

Andrew D McRae¹, Lucas B Chartier^{2

3}, Clare L Atzema^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Rm C231 Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. amcrae@ucalgary.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Andrew D McRae et al. CJEM. 2024 May.

. 2024 May;26(5):293-294.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00701-8.

Andrew D McRae¹, Lucas B Chartier^{2

3}, Clare L Atzema^{3

4}

¹ Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Rm C231 Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. amcrae@ucalgary.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Comment on

2021 CAEP Acute Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Best Practices Checklist.
Stiell IG, de Wit K, Scheuermeyer FX, Vadeboncoeur A, Angaran P, Eagles D, Graham ID, Atzema CL, Archambault PM, Tebbenham T, McRae AD, Cheung WJ, Parkash R, Deyell MW, Baril G, Mann R, Sahsi R, Upadhye S, Brown E, Brinkhurst J, Chabot C, Skanes A. Stiell IG, et al. CJEM. 2021 Sep;23(5):604-610. doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00167-y. Epub 2021 Aug 12. CJEM. 2021. PMID: 34383280 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.

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