Admitting AF Patients
- Wed, 9/2/09 - 3:14pm
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If your facility performs atrial fibrillation (AF) ablations, are patients admitted following the procedure? What are your reasons for admitting/not admitting these patients? Also, do your AF ablation patients usually receive moderate sedation or general anesthesia for the procedure?
Patients that have AF ablations at our facility are admitted overnight for observation. The reasons for admission are related to the risks that are associated with this procedure (i.e. bleeding, transseptal punctures). All of our AF ablations are done with general anesthesia as well due to the complex nature of these cases and the length of time of the procedure.
Reply to this comment »At our facility, all AF ablations are admitted overnight. This is for management of the groin due to the heparin given during the case, and because of the risks associated with the transseptal stick.
All of our AF ablations are also done with general anesthesia support because of the length of the case and the necessity for the patient to be absolutely still for mapping.
Reply to this comment »In our facility the patients are admitted following the procedure. This is done so that we can observe and monitor them following the procedure.
Our patients can receive either moderate sedation or general anesthesia for the procedures and this is based on the physicians' knowledge of the patient. If anesthesia is present they monitor the sedation, but generally the patient is mildly sedated with additional sedation given during the ablation part of the study.
Connie
Reply to this comment »Madison, WI
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