Postoperative atrial fibrillation in emergent non-cardiac surgery: Risk factors and outcomes from a ten-year intensive-care unit retrospective study.

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents a common arrhythmia with significant implications and may occur pre-, intra-, or postoperatively (POAF). After cardiac surgery POAF occurs in approximately 30% of patients, while non-cardiac/non-thoracic surgery has a reported incidence between 0.4% to 15%, with new onset POAF occurring at a rate of 0.

Factors impacting COVID-19 vaccination intention among medical students.

Medical students represent a significant part of the health-care community and are active members of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response. This study aimed to evaluate various factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine intention among medical students via an online anonymous survey. A total of 370 students completed the online survey, with 229 (61.