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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-2125</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2125</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[ECIMED]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0864-21252022000100003</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Fibrilación auricular en el primer nivel de atención médica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Atrial Fibrillation in Primary Healthcare]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Herrera Varela]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peña Borrego]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maricel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Policlínico Docente &#8220;Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21252022000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21252022000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21252022000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La fibrilación auricular constituye un importante problema de salud, debido al aumento de su incidencia con la edad y a la asociación con otras morbilidades. Los pacientes con fibrilación auricular tienen de 4 a 5 veces mayor riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular y alrededor del doble de riesgo de mortalidad en relación con los que no sufren fibrilación auricular.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar a los pacientes con fibrilación auricular atendidos en el Policlínico de Guanabo.  Métodos: Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo descriptivo transversal que incluyó a todos los pacientes adultos ingresados con esta arritmia en el Área Intensiva Municipal Guanabo. Se revisaron 24 meses (10 de 2017 y 2018 y primer cuatrimestre de 2019). Las variables estudiadas fueron: diagnóstico principal al ingreso, estado hemodinámico, letalidad, estrategia terapéutica y conducta final.  Resultados:  Al ingreso el diagnóstico principal fue fibrilación auricular (52 %), además de presentar otra afección asociada. El resto de los pacientes (44) tuvo otros diagnósticos; 6,5 % llegó con inestabilidad hemodinámica. Fallecieron dos casos para una letalidad de 2,2 %. La cardioversión farmacológica fue usada en 68 casos (75 %). Los medicamentos más usados fueron amiodarona, atenolol y digoxina. La cardioversión eléctrica se aplicó solo en cuatro casos de los seis inestables. El 58 % egresó a domicilio, remitió 39 %, y 70 % tuvo una estadía entre dos y tres horas.  Conclusiones:  El diagnóstico principal al ingreso correspondió a la fibrilación auricular, con estabilidad hemodinámica y letalidad baja. La estrategia terapéutica utilizada fue amiodarona, atenolol y digoxina. El servicio logra alta resolutividad. La estadía promedio fue dos a tres horas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Atrial fibrillation is an important health concerns, due to its increasing incidence with aging and association with other diseases. Patients with atrial fibrillation have 4-5 times the risk of stroke and about twice the risk of death in relation to those without atrial fibrillation.  Objective:  To characterize patients with atrial fibrillation treated at Guanabo outpatient Polyclinic.  Methods:  A retrospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with all the patients admitted, with the aforementioned arrhythmia, in the municipal intensive care unit of Guanabo (eastern Havana, Cuba). Twenty-four months were reviewed (10 from 2017 and 2018, and the first four-month period of 2019). The variables studied were main diagnosis at admission, hemodynamic status, lethality, therapeutic strategy, and final behavior.  Results: Regarding their main diagnosis on admission, fibrillation accounted for 52% of cases, another entity plus electrocardiographic findings accounted for the rest; 6.5% arrived with hemodynamic instability. Two cases died, which resulted in a case fatality rate of 2.2%. Pharmacological cardioversion was used in 68 cases (75%). The most commonly used drugs were amiodarone, atenolol and digoxin. Electrical cardioversion was applied in only four of the six unstable cases. Fifty-eight percent were discharged home, 39% were remitted, and 70% had a stay between two and three hours.  Conclusions:  The main diagnosis at admission was atrial fibrillation, with hemodynamic stability and low lethality. The therapeutic strategy consisted of amiodarone, atenolol and digoxin. The service showed high solving capacity. The average length of stay was two to three hours.]]></p></abstract>
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