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Hanash CR, Crosson JE. Emergency diagnosis and management of pediatric arrhythmias. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010;3(3):251-60doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.66525.
Hanash, C. R., & Crosson, J. E. (2010). Emergency diagnosis and management of pediatric arrhythmias. Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock, 3(3), 251-60. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.66525
Hanash, Carla R, and Crosson, Jane E. "Emergency diagnosis and management of pediatric arrhythmias." Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock vol. 3,3 (2010): 251-60. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.66525
Hanash CR, Crosson JE. Emergency diagnosis and management of pediatric arrhythmias. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010 Jul;3(3):251-60. doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.66525. PMID: 20930969; PMCID: PMC2938490.
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J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010 Jul;3(3):251-60. doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.66525.

Emergency diagnosis and management of pediatric arrhythmias.

Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock

Carla R Hanash, Jane E Crosson

Affiliations

  1. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-2651.

PMID: 20930969 PMCID: PMC2938490 DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.66525

Abstract

True emergencies due to unstable arrhythmias in children are rare, as most rhythm disturbances in this age group are well-tolerated. However, presentation to an emergency department with symptoms of palpitations, fatigue and/or syncope is much more common. Sinus tachycardia is by far the most commonly reported arrhythmia, followed by supraventricular tachycardia. Emergency physicians should be prepared for diagnosis and to acutely manage various types of arrhythmias seen in children, to assess the need for further diagnostic testing, and to determine whether cardiology evaluation and follow-up are needed. This article is intended to provide diagnostic and management guidelines of the most common types of arrhythmias seen in children with structurally normal hearts as well as those associated with congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathies.

Keywords: Congenital heart disease; cardiomyopathies; narrow-complex tachycardia; pediatric arrhythmias; supraventricular tachycardia; wide-complex tachycardia

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