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Systemic inflammation, circulating stress hormones, autonomic dysfunction, and volume shifts are all possible triggers for AF in this setting. We conducted a systematic review to describe the incidence, risk factors and outcomes of new-onset AF in patients with sepsis.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:p>MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web Of Science were searched for studies reporting the incidence of new-onset AF, atrial flutter or supraventricular tachycardia in patients with sepsis admitted to an intensive care unit, excluding studies that primarily focused on postcardiotomy patients. Studies were assessed for methodological quality using the GRADE system. Risk factors were considered to have a high level of evidence if they were reported in \u22652 studies using multivariable analyses at a <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> value &lt;0.05. Subsequently, the strength of association was classified as strong, moderate or weak, based on the reported odds ratios.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:p>Eleven studies were included. Overall quality was low to moderate. The weighted mean incidence of new-onset AF was 8% (range 0 to 14%), 10% (4 to 23%) and 23% (6 to 46%) in critically ill patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, respectively. Independent risk factors with a high level of evidence included advanced age (weak strength of association), white race (moderate association), presence of a respiratory tract infection (weak association), organ failure (moderate association), and pulmonary artery catheter use (moderate association). Protective factors were a history of diabetes mellitus (weak association) and the presence of a urinary tract infection (weak association). New-onset AF was associated with increased short-term mortality in five studies (crude relative effect estimates ranging from 1.96 to 3.32; adjusted effects 1.07 to 3.28). Three studies reported a significantly increased length of stay in the ICU (weighted mean difference 9\u00a0days, range 5 to 13\u00a0days), whereas an increased risk of ischemic stroke was reported in the single study that looked at this outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:p>New-onset AF is a common consequence of sepsis and is independently associated with poor outcome. Early risk stratification of patients may allow for pharmacological interventions to prevent this complication.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13054-014-0688-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,9]],"date-time":"2014-12-09T11:32:28Z","timestamp":1418124748000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":197,"title":["Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with sepsis: a systematic review"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Sanne","family":"Kuipers","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter MC Klein","family":"Klouwenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Olaf L","family":"Cremer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"688_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"182","DOI":"10.1186\/cc9093","volume":"14","author":"P Seguin","year":"2010","unstructured":"Seguin P, Launey Y: Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU. 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