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ArticlePediatric cardiology2020

Intravenous Sotalol for the Treatment of Ventricular Dysrhythmias in an Infant on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Jessica L Jacobson, John C Somberg, Hoang H Nguyen

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Article in Pediatric cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 55% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Ivabradine Use in Premature Infants With Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica L JacobsonDepartment of Pharmacy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
John C SombergDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical College, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Hoang H NguyenDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical College, 1753 W. Congress Pkwy., Pavilion 654, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. hoang_nguyen@rush.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6891-9951
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sotalol is a class III anti-arrhythmic agent with beta receptor blocking properties. Intravenous (IV) sotalol may be useful to treat refractory atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. A report on the efficacy and safety of IV sotalol in an infant on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), who developed refractory ventricular arrhythmias following surgery for congenital heart disease. A 10-day old infant with severe pulmonary valve stenosis underwent surgical pulmonary valvectomy and enlargement of the main pulmonary artery. Post-operatively, the patient developed hemodynamically significant accelerated idioventricular rhythm which was not responsive to a combination of amiodarone, lidocaine, and procainamide leading to 2 cardiac arrest events and placement on ECMO. The amiodarone infusion was uptitrated to 20 mcg/kg/min, but episodes of the hemodynamically compromising arrhythmia continued. Amiodarone was discontinued and IV sotalol was initiated at 42 mg/m

Indexed as

Administration, IntravenousAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsArrhythmias, CardiacCardiac Surgical ProceduresDrug Administration ScheduleExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationHumansInfant, NewbornMalePostoperative ComplicationsPulmonary Valve StenosisSotalolAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsSotalolAccelerated idioventricular rhythmECMOIV sotalolVentricular tachycardia

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PMID31664485
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