Pediatric use of intravenous amiodarone: Efficacy and safety in critically ill patients from a multicenter protocol

Terapia de resgate com amiodarona em crianças com grave disfunção ventricular esquerda causada por veneno de escorpião

“…In an attempt to modulate the massive sympathetic activation caused by scorpion envenomation and minimize the need for positive inotropic support with beta-adrenergic agonists, we have followed an antiadrenergic rescue protocol for acutely depressed left ventricular systolic function. This rescue protocol is based on the favorable effects of intravenous amiodarone on critically ill children 23 . Intravenus administration of amiodarone has acute sympatholytic and vagotonic actions 29 .…”

Lebensrettende Maßnahmen bei Kindern („paediatric life support“)

“…Kalzium ist essenziell für die myokardiale Funktion [213,214] Amiodaron hat sich als effektives Medikament bei Arrhythmien im Kindesalter bewährt [291], allerdings sind unerwünschte kardiovaskuläre Nebenwirkungen häufig [270,287,292,297,301]. …”

Catheter Ablation of Incisional Atrial Tachycardia

“…23 The prevalence of postoperative ectopic tachycardia varies according to different authors from 1 to 50%. [27][28][29][30] Most often, it occurs after correction of Fallot's tetralogy or interventions near atrioventricular node. 31 Thus, data from A. DodgeKhatami et al showed 11% rate of atrioventricular ectopy after correction of congenital heart defects whereas overall mortality was reported about 3%.…”

“…31 Thus, data from A. DodgeKhatami et al showed 11% rate of atrioventricular ectopy after correction of congenital heart defects whereas overall mortality was reported about 3%. [29][30][31] The exact cause of ectopic nodal tachycardia is unknown, but it can be assumed that the increase of His automatism is associated with its surgical damage. Meanwhile, direct correlation between the ectopic nodal tachycardia and young age along with lack of magnesium in the postoperative period was revealed.…”