Just looking for some reassurance for my mom who just went to urgent care and found out she has afib. a couple days later when her breathing didnt improve we went to urgent care for a chest x-ray. that showed pulmonary fibrosis. we have an alt soon?

So the fibrosis set the stage for electrolyte imbalance that triggered the AFib. They did not look for cause of Afib in urgent care? SOB can be due to Afib or Pulm fibrosis or combination. Discuss with her term.

Pulmonary fibrosis suggested by chest x-ray has to be confirmed and better characterized by CT scan and most importantly imaging studies have to be compared with previous imaging to better understand the process in dynamics. The pulmonary consult should help in clarifying and alleviating anxiety triggered by unexpected findings.