QTc values among children and adolescents presenting to the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Van Dorn, Charlotte S ^a   Johnson, Jonathan N ^a   Taggart, Nathaniel W ^a   Thorkelson, Lois ^a   Ackerman, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Long QT syndrome; QT interval; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 83155182627     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1513     Document Type: Article

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