Guidelines and adenosine dosing in supraventricular tachycardia.
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.
Dixon
J
J
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Foster
K
K
Wyllie
J
J
Wren
C
C
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
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000241:Adenosine