Management of postoperative arrhythmias in pediatric patients

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 443-454

  Bar Cohen, Yaniv ^a   Silka, Michael J ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic medications; Arrhythmias; Children; Congenital heart disease; Pediatric; Postoperative management

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CIMETIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; HALOTHANE; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPRANOLOL; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLURRED VISION; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVERSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COOLING; DETERIORATION; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; ECTOPIC ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FATIGUE; FLUSHING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PACING; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTRA ATRIAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; JUNCTIONAL ECTOPIC TACHYCARDIA; MILK; NAUSEA; ORTHODROMIC RECIPROCATING TACHYCARDIA; PATIENT; PEDIATRIC PATIENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ARRHYTHMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84870291165     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-012-0195-4     Document Type: Article

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