Electrocardiographic artefact with SSEP monitoring unit during scoliosis surgery.
A case of somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) induced electrocardiographic artefact simulating supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is described in a three year old girl with Goldenhar syndrome, during anterior thoracoscopic discectomy with posterior spinal fusion for scoliosis. Adenosine was administered for this misinterpreted EKG with coincidental cessation of SVT like trace.
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, PA 19134-1095, USA.
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Choudhry
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Stayer
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Rehman
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Schwartz
D016477:Artifacts; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017586:Diskectomy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis