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2301975

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-7
pubmed:abstractText
All patients with supraventricular tachycardia during the first 12 months of life who presented between 1977 and 1988 were identified by a retrospective survey of records in this hospital and by a questionnaire sent to paediatricians in the Northern region. Twenty two of 29 patients (76%) were in heart failure and seven (24%) had cardiogenic shock. Seven patients (24%) were free of symptoms. All had narrow QRS tachycardia at 215-315 beats/minute (mean (SD) 292 (21)). Initial treatment included digoxin (effective in seven of 14 patients, with overdose in three), verapamil (effective in three of three but fatal in one), cardioversion (effective in all 10 who were treated in this way), iced water applied to the face (effective in all 16 patients on 53 of 59 occasions, 90%). Initial treatment in local hospitals was less effective and associated with more complications than that given in the regional referral centre. Digoxin is often ineffective, return to sinus rhythm is delayed, and overdosing is common. Cardioversion is effective but tachycardia often recurs. Iced water is safe and effective, and should become the treatment of choice for termination of supraventricular tachycardia in neonates and young infants.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1468-2044
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Supraventricular tachycardia in infants: response to initial treatment.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article