cover image - Arrhythmias in Children, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780323779074
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 04-15-2021
Page Count: 180
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $79.99

Arrhythmias in Children, 1st Edition

by Vincent C. Thomas, MD, MHA and Seshadri Balaji, MBBS, MRCP (UK), PhD

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cover image - Arrhythmias in Children, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780323779074
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 04-15-2021
Page Count: 180
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $79.99
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    • Uses a case-based approach for a full spectrum of pediatric arrythmias in the newborn, child, pre-teen, and teenager.

    • Presents history and physical, differential diagnoses, tests to order, and practical plans of action.

    • Includes a section on arrythmias in special circumstances.

    • Models clinical thinking skills for a wide number of real-world patient situations.

    • Reviews pertinent clinical guidelines, treatment, and follow up.

    1. Newborn/Infant

      1. Newborn nursery infant that has bradycardia

        1. What am I thinking about?
          2.

        2. History and Physical

        3. Differential Diagnosis

          1. Fetus with premature beats

          2. Newborn with complete heart block

          3. Hypothyroidism

          4. Medication-induced

          5. Apnea

        4. Tests to Order

        5. Practical Plan of Action

      2. NICU infant noted to have extrasystoles on cardiac monitor

      3. Full-term infant noted to have persistent tachycardia

      4. 2-month-old presenting to the ER with tachycardia, fussy, unable to eat

      5. 4-month-old with extrasystoles on auscultation at pediatrician’s office

      6. 9-month-old with recurrent episodes of supraventricular tachycardia despite medical therapy

    2. Child

      1. 2-year-old presents to ER with an episode of "passing out" and "turning blue"

      2. 3-year-old is noted by pediatrician to have a low resting heart rate

      3. 4-year-old presents to ER with supraventricular tachycardia

      4. 7-year-old presents to ER with recurrent SVT

      5. 8-year-old presents with ADHD presents to cardiology office with ECG in hand for "cardiac clearance" to start stimulants

      6. 10-year-old presents to ER with dizziness and bradycardia with a pacemaker that does not appear to be functioning

      7. 11-year-old whose father recently died at the age of 45

      8. 5-year-old, asymptomatic, with ECG obtained for physical demonstrating WPW

    3. Pre-teen/Teenager

      1. 13-year-old with syncope while standing in line for lunch

      2. 15-year-old with intentional ingestion of grandparent’s calcium channel blockers

      3. 16-year-old with premature ventricular contractions noted during athletic participation physical.

      4. 14-year-old cross country runner presents with syncope during a race

      5. 15-year-old with syncope while playing soccer

      6. 17-year-old with palpitations and dizziness while playing football

      7. 14-year-old who had to be pulled from the pool during a swim meet

    4. Special Circumstances

      1. Maternal fetal evaluation reveals fetus with tachycardia

      2. Maternal fetal evaluation reveals fetus with premature beats

      3. A newborn infant with complete heart block noted immediately after birth

      4. A 3-month old child with complete heart block after surgery for AV canal defect

      5. A 4-month old post-operative ventricular septal defect with junctional ectopic tachycardia

      6. A 2-year old child who took an overdose of grandmother’s digoxin pills

      7. A 10-year old child with a "pacemaker" who is dizzy and had a syncope episode

      8. An 11-year old child resuscitated from sudden collapse, found to have a long QT on ECG

      9. A 12-year old with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presents to the emergency room with syncope

      10. A 13-year old with repaired tetralogy of Fallot with frequent PVCs

      11. A 15-year old presents to ER after successful resuscitation with an AED for documented ventricular fibrillation

      12. A 16-year old teen with a defibrillator who received a shock
  • Vincent C. Thomas, MD, MHA, Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
    Medical Safety Officer
    Johnson & Johnson and Seshadri Balaji, MBBS, MRCP (UK), PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics
    Division of Cardiology
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