Table 2.
Incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with various stages of sepsis
| Reference | Disease stage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis | Severe sepsis | Septic shock | |
| ICU population | |||
| Arora et al., 2007 [16] | [ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/18 (50%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -] | ||
| Christian et al., 2008 [17] | 6/184 (3%) | 10/90 (11%) | |
| Gomez et al., 2012 [18] | 0/10 (0%) | 1/28 (4%) | 4/62 (6%) |
| Goodman et al., 2007 [19] | [ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37/149 (25%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -] | ||
| Meierhenrich et al., 2010 [20] | 23/50 (46%) | ||
| Salman et al., 2008 [21] | 2/14 (14%) | 3/13 (23%) | 20/54 (37%) |
| Seguin et al., 2006 [22] | 3/29 (10%) | 2/7 (29%) | |
| Seguin et al., 2004 [23] | 5/84 (6%) | 7/23 (30%) | |
| Wells et al., 2011 [26] | 132/465 (28%) | ||
| Mixed population | |||
| Walkey et al., 2011 [24]* | 1074/20253 (5%) | 1822/28829 (6%) | |
The numerators of the fractions in this table display the number of patients with new-onset AF, the denominators of the fractions display the total number of patients at risk in the specific sepsis stages. Whenever the incidence of new-onset AF for the various stages of sepsis was not reported separately, the combined incidences are shown. *This study included hospitalized patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, based on ICD-9-CM discharge codes; although most patients had been admitted to the ICU, the study was not formally restricted to critically ill patients only (source: personal communication by the author). AF: atrial fibrillation; ICD-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision-Clinical Modification; ICU: intensive care unit.