Successful treatment of severe dysrhythmias in infants with respiratory syncytial virus infections: Two cases and a literature review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 880-886

  Thomas, James A ^a   Raroque, Soledad ^a   Scott, William A ^a   Toro Figueroa, Luís O ^a   Levin, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Critical illness; Dysrhythmia; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; High frequency ventilation; Infants; Myocarditis; Pericardial effusion; Respiratory syncytial virus infections; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMRINONE; CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE ACETATE; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE; PROCAINAMIDE; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031000473     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199705000-00027     Document Type: Article

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