Table 3.
Incidences of new-onset atrial fibrillation and severity scores of the study population
| Author, year [ref] | Setting patients | Incidence of AF (no.) | Severity score | Mean score a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bender JS, 1996 [49] | Surgical ICU | 6.8% (14/206) | NA | NA |
| Seguin P, 2004 [50] | Surgical ICU | 5.3% (24/453) | SAPS II | 45 vs. 31 (p = 0.0001) |
| Seguin P, 2006 [51] | Surgical ICU (trauma) | 5.5% (16/293) | SAPS II | 47 vs. 31 (p < 0.001) |
| Arora S, 2007 [52] | Mixed ICU | 29.5% (18/61) | APACHE II | 25.4 vs. 20.0 (p = 0.005) |
| SAPS II | 47.8 vs. 37.1 (p = 0.001) | |||
| Christian SA, 2008 [26] | Mixed ICU (sepsis) | 5.9% (16/272) | APACHE II predicted survival | 49% vs. 55% (p = 0.36) |
| Meierhenrich R, 2010 [53] | Surgical ICU | All patients 7.8% (49/629) | SAPS II | NA |
| Septic shock 46.0% (23/50) | 31 vs. 30b (p = 0.12) | |||
| Walkey AJ, 2011 [54] | Acute care hospitals (severe sepsis) | 5.9% (2,896/49,082) | Number of organ failures | 3.11 vs. 3.08b (p = 0.42) |
| Kanji S, 2012 [55] | Three mixed ICUs | 4.5% (139/3,081) | APACHE II | 22.6c |
| Tongyaoo S, 2013 [56] | Medical ICU | 13.8% (34/247) | APACHE II | 24.4 vs. 17.0d (p < 0.001) |
| Makrygiannis SS, 2014 [57] | Mixed ICU | 15.0% (20/133) | APACHE II | 17.9 vs. 15.7 (p = 0.16) |
AF atrial fibrillation, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, NA not available.
aAtrial fibrillation vs. no atrial fibrillation.
bMedian.
cNo information for APACHE II in no new-onset AF patients provided.
dAll types of supraventricular tachyarrhythmia included.