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Management of Unstable Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia in a Rigid Patient

Pintu Kumar, Aishwarya Walia, Arun Kaushik, Kishalay Datta

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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine 10(3):p 137-141, July-Sept. 2024. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.10324.5

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Kumar P, Walia A, Kaushik A, et al. Management of unstable paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in a rigid patient. Ind J Emerg Med. 2024;10(3):137-41.

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Received : February 29, 2024         Accepted : August 05, 2024          Published : September 10, 2024

Abstract

The most common presentation of cardiac patients in the emergency room is myocardial infarction, followed by arrhythmia. The most common in arrhythmia is atrioventricular arrhythmia, AVNRT (atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia) being the most common. The treatment for undifferentiated narrow complex QRS, (not for all narrow complex tacchycardia) based on the current ACLS guidelines is vagal maneuvers and adenosine. In an unstable narrow complex, synchronized cardioversion is the preferred method for treatment. In this case report, we discuss a patient who, along with his attendants, refused for shock therapy for unstable supraventricular tachycardia, its management and further course.

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Kumar P, Walia A, Kaushik A, et al. Management of unstable paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in a rigid patient. Ind J Emerg Med. 2024;10(3):137-41.

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February 29, 2024 August 05, 2024 September 10, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.10324.5

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DigoxinUnstable paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardiaCardioversion

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