Amiodarone treatment of junctional ectopic tachycardia in a neonate receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1872-1875

  Kendrick, Jennifer G ^a   Macready, John J ^a   Kissoon, Niranjan ^a,b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Junctional ectopic tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; AMIODARONE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; DOPAMINE; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOTHYROXINE; MILRINONE; MORPHINE; NORADRENALIN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; ROCURONIUM; SILICONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFUSION RATE; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

AMIODARONE; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL;

EID: 33749616071     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H148     Document Type: Article

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