April 1, 1999Pediatric Emergency Care

Primary cardiac arrhythmias in children

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Population

Pediatric patients <18 years of age presenting to the Emergency Department with a diagnosis of primary…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

ASAlfred SacchettiThomas Jefferson University Hospital VMVERNON MOYEROur Lady of Lourdes Medical Center RBROBERT BARICELLAUniversity Hospital, Newark

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Implication

Arrhythmias remain uncommon in pediatric ED visits; this Level 4 data leaves open prospective studies on etiology and outcomes.

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Population

Pediatric patients <18 years of age presenting to the Emergency Department with a diagnosis of primary cardiac arrhythmia (n=320 arrhythmias identified from 0.58 million pediatric ED visits).

Outcome

Incidence and characteristics of primary cardiac arrhythmias in pediatric Emergency Department visits.

Primary cardiac arrhythmias are rare in pediatric emergency department presentations, with atrial tachyarrhythmias being the most common rhythm disturbance.

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Sacchetti et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f7576660549caf2c401b0 https://doi.org/10.1097/00006565-199904000-00004

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Primary cardiac arrhythmias in children

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Primary cardiac arrhythmias in children

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