Update on cardiac arrhythmias in the ICU

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 549-554

  Goodman, Sergei ^a   Weiss, Yoram ^a   Weissman, Charles ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmias; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOFETILIDE; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; FLECAINIDE ACETATE; IBUTILIDE; PLACEBO; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; PROTAMINE; QUINIDINE; WARFARIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 55449119438     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32830a4c5d     Document Type: Review

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