title: Cardiac arrhythmias. Emergency management.
abstract: Cardiac arrhythmias often call for emergency treatment, and often it is the primary care physician who must respond quickly and effectively. In this article, Dr Brent reviews the various types of arrhythmias and the methods available for dealing with them on an emergency basis. According to one peer reviewer, this article contains "the information that the clinician should have at the tips of his or her fingers at all times."
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000188:drug therapy; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000188:drug therapy; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000188:drug therapy