TABLE 1.
Risk factors for the development of new-onset atrial fibrillation*
| Patient factors |
| Advanced age |
| Male sex |
| Obesity |
| Fluid overload |
| Hypoxemia |
| Hypotension |
| Anemia |
| Acid-base abnormalities |
| Electrolyte abnormalities |
| Disease severity (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score >20) |
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| Comorbidities |
| Ischemic heart disease |
| Previous calcium channel blocker use |
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| Intensive care unit admission diagnosis |
| Systemic inflammatory response syndrome |
| Shock |
| Sepsis |
| Heart failure with pulmonary edema |
| Myocardial infarction |
| Blunt thoracic trauma |
| Thoracic surgery |
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| Intensive care unit interventions |
| Vasopressor use |
| Pulmonary artery catheter |