Cardiovascular collapse after amiodarone administration in neonatal supraventicular tachycardia

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-325

  Ng, Geraldine Y T ^a   Hampson Evans, Darryl C ^a   Murdoch, Linda J ^a  

^a St George s Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Cardiorespiratory arrest; Keywords; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SHOCK; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOSINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544370842     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200312000-00016     Document Type: Article

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