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Critical Point: It is safer to assume all wide-complex, regular tachydysrhtyhmias as VT, because the treatment of SVT with aberrancy (the most common alternate diagnosis) is bolus dose amiodarone an appropriate first-line treatment? Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 15-18
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However, when looking at only those that were given amiodarone or procainamide as the initial antidysrhythmic treatment, the success rates
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Among adult patients with IHCA secondary to VT/VF who received defibrillation, treatment with lidocaine was associated with differences in ROSC, 24 h
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Vagal maneuvers are recommended for acute treatment in patients with regular SVT
The clinical presentations can vary, from lack of symptoms to cardiac arrest
INTRODUCTION Premature ventricular complexes/contractions (PVCs; also referred to premature ventricular beats, premature ventricular depolarizations, or ventricular extrasystoles) are common and occur in a broad spectrum of the population
The first-line treatment in hemodynamically stable patients, vagal maneuvers, such as breath-holding and the Valsalva maneuver (ie, having the patient bear down as though having a bowel movement), slow conduction in the AV node and can potentially interrupt the reentrant circuit
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