Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A rare complication following electrical injury

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Kanjwal, Khalil ^a   Karabin, Beverly ^a   Kanjwal, Yousuf ^a   Grubb, Blair P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electrocution; postural tachycardia syndrome

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; FLUDROCORTISONE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDODRINE; PROPRANOLOL; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; BURN; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCUTION; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PALLOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PULSE RATE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 77954364955     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02634.x     Document Type: Article

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