Short Stay Management of Atrial Fibrillation

W. Frank Peacock, MD, FACEP, Professor, Emergency Medicine, Associate Chair and Research Director, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Carol Lynn Clark, MD, Associate Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI

• Part 1: IMPACT OF THE DISEASE.- Chapter 1: Atrial fibrillation: epidemiology and demographics.- Chapter 2: Pathophysiology Of Atrial Fibrillation And Clinical Correlations.- Chapter 3: The Economic Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in the US.- Part 2: PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT.- Chapter 4: Emergency Medical Services and Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 5: Symptoms in Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 6: Stroke and Other Complications of Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 7: Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 8: Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department of Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 9: Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department Observation Unit.- Chapter 10: Cardioversion and Acute Atrial Fibrillation Management.- Chapter 11: Procedural Sedation For Atrial Fibrillation Patients.- Chapter 12: Risk Stratification in Atrial Fibrillation and Observation Unit Entry.- Chapter 13: Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in the Short Stay Management of Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 14: Pitfalls in the Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation.- Part 3: TRANSITION TO THE OUTPATIENT ENVIRONMENT.- Chapter 15: Education of the Atrial Fibrillation Patient in the Observation Unit.- Chapter 16: Discharge criteria.- Chapter 17: AF Discharge Planning.- Chapter 18: Outpatient Medications in Atrial Fibrillation.- Part 4 - SYSTEM MANAGEMENT.- Chapter 19: Atrial Fibrillation Accreditation.- Chapter 20: Quality Metrics in Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 21: Atrial Fibrillation Research in the Observation Unit and the Emergency Department.- Chapter 22: Atrial Fibrillation Protocols.

"This is a concise yet thorough review of atrial fibrillation in the short stay setting. ... It is written for practitioners, specifically in cardiology or emergency medicine. ... This book is of good quality, and certainly useful for future practicing cardiologists. Atrial fibrillation is a huge subject that the book has managed to condense nicely." (Arjun Makam, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2016)