TY - JOUR
T1 - Postoperative atrial fibrillation in cancer surgery
T2 - Preoperative risks and clinical outcome
AU - Gibbs, Harry R.
AU - Swafford, Joseph
AU - Nguyen, Hoang D.
AU - Ewer, Michael S.
AU - Ali, Mohamed K.
PY - 1992/8
Y1 - 1992/8
N2 - Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) is a recognized complication of cancer surgery. The purpose of this study was to define preoperative risk factors for AF, and to evaluate the clinical significance of the arrhythmia. We reviewed the medical records of 43 patients with postoperative AF admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). All patients were older than 60 years, 79% had a history of cigarette smoking, and 44% had hypertension. AF occurred an average of 2.8 days following surgery, and lasted an average of 2.1 days. No significant complications developed, and there were no long‐term sequelae. This study suggests that, in cancer patients, postoperative AF is a disease of elderly patients. In addition the arrhythmia appears to be a relatively transient and benign phenomenon. Prolonged monitoring in an intensive care setting may not be necessary for asymptomatic, hemodynamically stable patients. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
AB - Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) is a recognized complication of cancer surgery. The purpose of this study was to define preoperative risk factors for AF, and to evaluate the clinical significance of the arrhythmia. We reviewed the medical records of 43 patients with postoperative AF admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). All patients were older than 60 years, 79% had a history of cigarette smoking, and 44% had hypertension. AF occurred an average of 2.8 days following surgery, and lasted an average of 2.1 days. No significant complications developed, and there were no long‐term sequelae. This study suggests that, in cancer patients, postoperative AF is a disease of elderly patients. In addition the arrhythmia appears to be a relatively transient and benign phenomenon. Prolonged monitoring in an intensive care setting may not be necessary for asymptomatic, hemodynamically stable patients. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
KW - arrhythmia
KW - hypertension
KW - supraventricular tachycardia
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U2 - 10.1002/jso.2930500405
DO - 10.1002/jso.2930500405
M3 - Article
C2 - 1640704
AN - SCOPUS:0026727865
SN - 0022-4790
VL - 50
SP - 224
EP - 227
JO - Journal of surgical oncology
JF - Journal of surgical oncology
IS - 4
ER -