Comments on: BMJ 25 Aug 2007 Vol 335 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2007/08/27/bmj-25-aug-2007-vol-335/ Just another blogs.bmj.com weblog Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Roger Gabriel http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2007/08/27/bmj-25-aug-2007-vol-335/#comment-2001 Roger Gabriel Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:07:13 +0000 http://resource.bmj.com/bmj/2007/08/27/bmj-25-aug-2007-vol-335/#comment-2001 A useful bit of work. As a chap who often works in different MAUs AF is quite common: a tip for suspecting AF from the history: if an elderly (> 65 years old) patient fails, within a few weeks, to respond to a second course of antibiotics for 'bronchitis', take the pulse. New onset AF quite often masquerades as a chest infection. ROGER GABRIEL A useful bit of work. As a chap who often works in different MAUs AF is quite common: a tip for suspecting AF from the history: if an elderly (> 65 years old) patient fails, within a few weeks, to respond to a second course of antibiotics for ‘bronchitis’, take the pulse. New onset AF quite often masquerades as a chest infection.

ROGER GABRIEL

]]>