title: [Practical considerations for the treatment of acute rhythm disturbances. Report of Belgium Interdisciplinary Working Group on Acute Cardiology].
abstract: Acute arrhythmia is a condition covering a wide variety of rhythm disturbances. The aim of the article is to give practical recommendations for the approach and the treatment of the patient presenting with an acute arrhythmia. We discuss bradycardia and tachycardia. Tachycardias are divided into the small QRS complex tachycardias and the wide QRS complex tachycardias. Another important distinction with immediate therapeutic consequences is that between the hemodynamic stable and unstable patient. Flowcharts with diagnostic means and therapeutic schemes are added and a table with practical considerations for electrical cardioversion.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, U.Z. Gent.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gevaert
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vandekerckhove
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Raedt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hollander
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bossaert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vorlat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Calle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Evrard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salembier
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Verbeet
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Van Overschelde
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Claeys
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Meestert
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy