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ArticleCase reports in emergency medicine2023

Digoxin for the Management of Unstable Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia in a Patient Who Refused Electrical Cardioversion in a Rural Hospital.

Belayneh Dessie Kassa, Mekbib Amede, Mollalign Wubante, Mebratu Libanos, Kumlachew Geta

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Article in Case reports in emergency medicine, 2023. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Belayneh Dessie KassaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-0070
Mekbib AmedeDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Mollalign WubanteDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Mebratu LibanosDepartment of Internal Medicine, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Kumlachew GetaDepartment of Anesthesia, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Debre Tabor University · ET

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The most frequent atrioventricular tachycardia in the emergency room is atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). The first treatment option for ending stable narrow QRS complex SVTs is vagal maneuvers and adenosine. When adenosine or vagal maneuvers fail to change a patient's rhythm to normal sinus rhythm, long-acting AV nodal-blocking medications, including nondihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (verapamil and diltiazem), flecainide, or beta-blockers, are employed. Electricity (synchronized cardioversion) is the preferred form of treatment for unstable patients. Conclusion: Even though we could not find a clear recommendation regarding the use of digoxin for patients with unstable PSVT (AVNRT), by taking into consideration its negative chronotropic effect and its action to suppress the AV nodal conduction velocity, it may reduce the heart rate, and it can be used as an alternative in such difficult scenarios and a resource-limited setting. But this should be further investigated.

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PMID37457790
PMCPMC10344630
OpenAlexW4383313017

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