Adenosine in wide-complex tachycardia.
The use of adenosine as a therapeutic and diagnostic tool in wide-complex tachycardia is suggested in the current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines. The ACLS guidelines are now 4 years old, and new information on the safety and efficiency of adenosine in wide-complex tachycardia is available. We review the ACLS recommendations in light of the current available literature. In general, the ACLS recommendations remain reasonable with some important caveats.
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Department of Emergency Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, USA. mherbert@ucla.edu
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D000241:Adenosine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000241:Adenosine