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April 1, 1959Acta Paediatrica

Electrocardiographic Studies in the Healthy Newborn

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Key result

Electrocardiographic recordings in healthy newborns during their first week of life revealed extreme heart rate fluctuations, frequent arrhythmias, and signs of right ventricular hypertrophy.

Population

56 healthy children during their first week of life

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

first week of life

Authors

MMMagnus MichaëlssonUppsala University Hospital

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Implication

These ECG patterns likely represent normal variants; hypothesis-generating for neonatal norms and should not yet change practice.

Study Design

Type

Observational (n=56)

Structured PICO

P
Population
56 healthy children evaluated with repeated electrocardiographic recordings during their first week of life.
E
Exposure
Repeated 12-lead electrocardiographic recordings (Leads I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF, V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6) using a long recording time
O
Outcome
Electrocardiographic characteristics including heart rate fluctuations, arrhythmias, ventricular hypertrophy signs, T wave morphology, and Q-T intervalssurrogate

Healthy newborns frequently exhibit extreme heart rate fluctuations, benign arrhythmias, signs of right ventricular hypertrophy, and dynamic repolarization changes during their first week of life.

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Magnus Michaëlsson (1959) conducted an observational in Healthy newborn (n=56). Electrocardiographic recordings was evaluated on Electrocardiographic findings. Electrocardiographic recordings in healthy newborns during their first week of life revealed extreme heart rate fluctuations, frequent arrhythmias, and signs of right ventricular hypertrophy.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9dcb7c44b7a3b2aa653f35https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1959.tb05415.x
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