Without preventive treatment, AF will recur in 90% of patients. Guidelines recommend antiarrhythmic drugs, but these agents have limited efficacy and substantial side effects. Trials of early catheter ablation with radiofrequency energy have been inconclusive. New research findings are summarized in a short video. To read the full article, click the link: https://nej.md/3chiE3d | The New England Journal of Medicine

Agonal breathing (fish out of water breathing)- this a reflex and a normal part of dying. The person experiencing this is unconscious and not suffering | Hospice Nursejulie

53K views · 766 reactions | This is for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Agonal breathing is a reflex, its not a true breath. Almost everyone on hospice or at the end of life will have agonal breathing- its 100% normal and to be expected- and it is not painful or suffering. | Hospice Nursejulie | Facebook