Adenosine for wide-complex tachycardia: Efficacy and safety

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2512-2518

  Marill, Keith A ^a   Wolfram, Sigrid ^b   DeSouza, Ian S ^b   Nishijima, Daniel K ^c   Kay, Darren ^d   Setnik, Gary S ^e   Stair, Thomas O ^f   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Adverse effects; Anti arrhythmia agents; Cardiovascular; Diagnostic techniques; Tachycardia, supraventricular; Tachycardia, ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMINOPHYLLINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REGULAR WIDE QRS COMPLEX TACHYCARDIA; SIDE EFFECT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; URBAN AREA; VERTIGO; WIDE QRS COMPLEX TACHYCARDIA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 69349102876     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a93661     Document Type: Article

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