Prophylaxis and Management of Arrhythmias After Thoracic Surgery
 
Please respond to the following questions regarding perioperative management of thoracic surgery patients. Assume that your patient has no history of cardiac arrhythmia and is undergoing esophagectomy or major lung resection.
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1. What is the incidence of postoperative supraventricular arrhythmias in such patients in your practice?

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2. Do you use pharmacologic prophylaxis in this patient population?

3. Please check all drugs you normally use for prophylaxis.

4. Please check all drugs you normally use for treatment.

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5. When a patient develops a postoperative supraventricular arrhythmia, who initially manages this problem?

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6. In what percentage of patients who develop supraventricular arrhythmia does a cardiologist become involved in therapy?

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7. In what region is your surgical practice based?