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Management
10.10. Acute Medical Illness or Surgery (Including AF in
Critical Care)
COR LOE
Recommendations
1 B-NR 1. Patients with AF identified in the setting of acute medical
illness or surgery should be counseled about the significant
risk of recurrent AF after the acute illness is resolved.
2a B-NR 2. In patients with AF identified in the setting of acute medical
illness or surgery, outpatient follow-up for thromboembolic
risk stratification and decision-making on OAC initiation
or continuation, as well as AF surveillance, can be beneficial
given a high risk of AF recurrence.
2b B-NR 3. In patients with AF identified in the setting of critical illness
due to sepsis, the benefits of anticoagulation for stroke
prevention are uncertain.
