Position dependent ventricular tachycardia in two children with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 527-529

  Hacking, Matthew B ^a   Brown, Johanna ^a   Chisholm, David G ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; PICC; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0037489283     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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