... understanding of AF in critically ill patients.Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.References1. Pinski SL: Atrial fibrillation in the surgical intensive ... 32:890-891.2. Reinelt P, Karth GD, Geppert A, Heinz G: Incidence and type ofcardiac arrhythmias in critically ill patients: a single centerexperience in a medical–cardiological ICU. Intensive Care ... An increased C-reactive protein level isa risk factor for thromboembolism in patients with AF [135].Conclusion on stroke incidenceThere are insufficient data in medical ICU patients, but in CTS...
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... Schumpeter explained, “The events of fiscal history” provide insight “into the laws of social beingand becoming and into the driving forces of the fate of nations, as well as into the manner in whichconcrete ... cementing feelings of inclusion in a common status of citizenship (Smith [1776] 1977). In the mid-nineteenthcentury, John Stuart Mill reminded his contemporaries that public finance had aninstitutional ... subject to the individual income tax. Critics like Oliphant argued thatretained earnings were a principal means of tax avoidance among the rich; byletting money pile up within corporations,...
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