TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances A1 - Brady, William J. A1 - Laughrey, Thomas S. A1 - Ghaemmaghami, Chris A. A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Cline, David M. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e AB - Content UpdateJanuary 18, 2016Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter, Disposition: Many patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter that receive rate control or rhythm conversion in the emergency department do not need hospital admission and can be safely discharged from the ED with follow-up arranged. While there is significant institutional and regional variation in disposition practices, we have provided a summary of reasonable practice indicating criteria for discharge and admission and options for outpatient anticoagulation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166576424 ER -