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ArticleSouth African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care2022

The use of vagal manoeuvres in narrow complex tachyarrhythmias in primary care.

Shane D Murphy, Michele Torlutter

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Article in South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Shane D MurphyDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. murphy.shanedarren@gmail.com.
Michele Torlutter

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Abstract

Supraventricular tachydysrhythmias (SVTs) are a common presenting complaint, with a national prevalence of 3/1000 persons. While most commonly stable, prolonged paroxysms can deteriorate into haemodynamically unstable subtypes or ventricular dysrhythmias. Early recognition with appropriate management is critical to reducing the morbidity associated with this condition. The American Heart Association holds that vagal manoeuvres are a first-line therapy in the management algorithm of stable SVTs. However, they state that no clear recommendations can be made around which manoeuvre to use, highlighting that future research should examine the efficacy and safety profiles of the various manoeuvres. In the South African primary care setting, clinicians must be at the forefront of pragmatic management strategies in the face of resource limitations, such as the unavailability of adenosine - a second-line therapy when vagal manoeuvres fail. In this article, we begin with a case study and review the literature around vagal manoeuvres.

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Tachycardia, SupraventricularAdenosineBlack or African AmericanBlack PeopleHumansPrimary Health CareTachycardiaUnited StatesAdenosinefamily medicineprimary carerural medicinesupraventricular tachycardiavagal manoeuvre

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PMID35144467
PMCPMC8832017

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