title: Guidelines and adenosine dosing in supraventricular tachycardia.
abstract: This retrospective review of present practice of administration of adenosine by paediatricians shows that current guidelines recommend starting doses that are effective in only 9% of infants and children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wyllie
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wren
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000293:Adolescent; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000241:Adenosine