Amiodarone monitoring practices in pediatric hospitals in the United States

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1762-1766

  Moffett, Brady S ^a   Valdes, Santiago O ^a   Kim, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Electrocardiogram; Laboratory monitoring; Liver function; Thyroid function; X ray

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889600450     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-013-0710-8     Document Type: Article

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