Long-term benefits of education by emergency care nurses at discharge of patients with atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is frequently encountered in clinical practice, involves 1% to 3% of the patient population, has a growing prevalence [1 –3], and is associated with high morbidity and mortality because of the possible complications of this arrhythmia, among them heart failure and arterial embolism [4–6]. Adequate early treatment can prevent or attenuate complications, since antiarrhythmic drugs help to avoid tachymyocardiopathy a nd anticoagulants decrease the risk of embolism substantially [7,8].
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research