Logistical exceptions were particularly common for indicators involving referrals to other agencies or complex assessments for patients with a new diagnosis for example, diagnosis of atrial fibrillation confirmed by specialist assessment (AF 4), assessment of the severity of depression (DEP 2), and confirmation of stroke by further investigation (STR 13).
For example, a history of atrial fibrillation did not fulfill the exclusion criteria; however patients receiving anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation may be excluded from treatment.
For example, an episode of atrial fibrillation might have been classified as MAE or NMAE depending on its tolerability and need for continued or repetitive in-hospital care.
Hypovolaemia and hypervolaemia or a sudden increase in afterload, as in pulmonary embolism, and mitral or tricuspid valve dysfunction are examples of increased atrial workload that can cause AF.
We now know that oxytocin has diverse effects throughout the human body, for example on the release of atrial natriuretic peptide and in endothelial and smooth muscle cells in blood vessels [ 35, 36].
For example, the populations' background risk of atrial septal defects is 0.26%, and even if we estimate a twofold risk increase associated with exposure to any SSRI, the risk of giving birth to a child with this congenital malformation would be approximately five cases for every 1000 births (figure 1).
In our example of statins for postoperative atrial fibrillation, meta-analyses published in 2012 cited only two to four of the eight previous meta-analyses.
For example, intravenous carperitide, a recombinant form of atrial natriuretic peptide, which exhibited the intermediate-distribution-stage pattern, has been believed to expand in daily practice in Japan, 3 4 yet the characteristics of hospitals that had used this drug remained unclear.
For example, Ruigomez [ 16] performed three validations of atrial fibrillation: first a manual review of computerized records, then by a questionnaire to the GP and finally a comparison of disease incidence to an external source.
