title: Best evidence topic report. Differential diagnosis of narrow complex tachycardias by increasing electrocardiograph speed.
abstract: A shortcut review was carried out to establish whether increasing the paper speed during ECG recording could improve the accuracy of diagnosis of narrow complex tachycardias. Altogether 256 papers were found using the reported search, of which one presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date, and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated in table 2. It is concluded that increasing paper speed does indeed improve diagnostic accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
authors.forename: Joao Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gaspar
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Body
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis*