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Flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia

We report a case of flecainide toxicity in a premature neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia which was managed successfully by reversal of the sodium blockade with intravenous sodium bicarbonate and supportive care. This report highlights the importance of strict supervision an...

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Autores principales: Karmegaraj, Balaganesh, Menon, Danish, Prabhu, Mukund A, Vaidyanathan, Balu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5594942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28928617
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apc.APC_31_17
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author Karmegaraj, Balaganesh
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Vaidyanathan, Balu
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description We report a case of flecainide toxicity in a premature neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia which was managed successfully by reversal of the sodium blockade with intravenous sodium bicarbonate and supportive care. This report highlights the importance of strict supervision and monitoring while administering antiarrhythmic drugs in neonates and prompt institution of appropriate remedial action for treatment when toxicity is suspected.
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spelling pubmed-55949422017-09-19 Flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia Karmegaraj, Balaganesh Menon, Danish Prabhu, Mukund A Vaidyanathan, Balu Ann Pediatr Cardiol Case Report We report a case of flecainide toxicity in a premature neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia which was managed successfully by reversal of the sodium blockade with intravenous sodium bicarbonate and supportive care. This report highlights the importance of strict supervision and monitoring while administering antiarrhythmic drugs in neonates and prompt institution of appropriate remedial action for treatment when toxicity is suspected. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5594942/ /pubmed/28928617 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apc.APC_31_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Karmegaraj, Balaganesh
Menon, Danish
Prabhu, Mukund A
Vaidyanathan, Balu
Flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia
title Flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia
title_full Flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia
title_fullStr Flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia
title_full_unstemmed Flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia
title_short Flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia
title_sort flecainide toxicity in a preterm neonate with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5594942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28928617
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apc.APC_31_17
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