Inpatient continuous cardiac monitoring in hyper-acute stroke: a comparison between telemetry by cardiology and stroke unit.
Michael ValenteHelen M DeweyPhilip M ChoiPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2019)
This retrospective study assessed the pattern of telemetry usage and rates of atrial fibrillation (AF) detection in the 6 months pre- and post-implementation of stroke unit monitored telemetry; 122/154 (79%) of patients had telemetry prior to implementation of stroke unit based telemetry and 164/194 (85%) in the 5 months post (P = 0.31). The use of stroke unit based telemetry was associated with a small increase of telemetry usage and significant increase in telemetry hours per patient. AF detection was similar during the two study periods.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- direct oral anticoagulants
- primary care
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- palliative care
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- chronic kidney disease
- left ventricular
- mental health
- label free
- peritoneal dialysis
- cerebral ischemia
- cardiac surgery
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- acute coronary syndrome
- quality improvement
- acute care