Table 2:
Nurse charted AF plus ICD coded AF (n = 835) |
Only Nurse charted AF (n = 227) |
|
---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 72.6 (11.3) | 69.1 (13.0) |
Male sex, n (%) | 55.8% | 58.1% |
Other | 13.5% | 12.8% |
Other | 18.6% | 17.2% |
Length of stay in days, mean (SD) | 16.1 (13.4) | 13.0 (12.0) |
Hypertension | 51.0% | 46.3% |
CHF | 63.4% | 59.0% |
Diabetes | 38.3% | 45.8% |
Ischemic stroke | 6.3% | 7.5% |
Electrical cardioversion | 4.9% | 0.4% |
CABG | 11.5% | 7.5% |
Intubation | 42.3% | 43.3% |
Echocardiogram | 16.6% | 15.9% |
Pulmonary artery catheterization | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Cardiac catheterization | 20.1% | 22.0% |
Warfarin | 49.9% | 42.7% |
Digoxin | 30.4% | 14.1% |
Beta blocker | 88.6% | 84.6% |
Calcium channel blocker | 47.8% | 22.5% |
Antiarrhythmic | 49.5% | 32.2% |
Other anticoagulants | 92.6% | 86.3% |
Vasopressors | 71.6% | 56.4% |
Heart rate, bpm, mean (SD) | 91.0 (20.8) | 82.0 (17.7) |
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | 80.2 (47.5) | 80.9 (30.7) |
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | 118.7 (25.6) | 127.1 (29.3) |
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | 57.4 (16.2) | 57.6 (16.3) |
Creatinine, ng/dl, mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.7) | 2.0 (1.7) |
Troponin, ng/ml, mean (SD) | 0.4 (1.8) | 0.4 (1.1) |
Hemoglobin, g/dl, mean (SD) | 11.3 (2.3) | 11.4 (2.1) |
NT-proBNP, pg/ml, mean (SD) | 11153.2 (11270.1) | 9351.7 (11592.8) |