Sinus bradycardia after intravenous pulse methylprednisolone

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Akikusa, Jonathan D ^a,b   Feldman, Brian M ^a,b   Gross, Gil J ^a,b   Silverman, Earl D ^a,b,c   Schneider, Rayfel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Pulse methylprednisolone; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947105415     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0029     Document Type: Article

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