Cardiovascular collapse during amiodarone infusion in a hemodynamically compromised child with refractory supraventricular tachycardia

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-52

  Saharan, Sunil ^a   Balaji, Seshadri ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ECMO; Refractory; SVT

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ENALAPRIL; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; LACTIC ACID; MILRINONE; PROCAINAMIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTORY SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 84922219524     PISSN: 09742069     EISSN: 09745149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.149519     Document Type: Article

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