title: Cardiac emergencies.
abstract: The diagnosis and management of pediatric cardiac emergencies can be challenging and complicated. Early presentations are usually the result of ductal-dependent lesions and appear with cyanosis and shock. Later presentations are the result of volume overload or pump failure and present with signs of congestive heart failure. Acquired diseases also present as congestive heart failure or arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA. ibarata@aol.com
authors.forename: Isabel Araujo
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Barata
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004630:Emergencies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018785:Tricuspid Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014338:Truncus Arteriosus / Q000002:abnormalities
keywords: Cardiac disease; Cardiac emergencies; Pediatrics