Pediatrics, Tachycardia: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

tachycardia in children, supraventricular tachycardia, SVT, atrial fibrillation, AF, atrial flutter, junctional ectopic tachycardia, JET, ventricular tachycardia, VT, torsade de pointes, ventricular fibrillation, VF, dysrhythmia

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Mirna M Farah, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mirna M Farah, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Coauthor(s)

Christine S Cho, MD, MPH,, Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital and Research Center of Oakland; HS Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Christine S Cho, MD, MPH, is a member of the following medical societies: Ambulatory Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Medical Editor

David A Peak, MD, Assistant Residency Director of Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital; Consulting Staff, Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
David A Peak, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
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Grace M Young, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Medical Center
Grace M Young, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Emergency Physicians
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CME Editor

John D Halamka, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John D Halamka, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Richard G Bachur, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Associate Chief and Fellowship Director, Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Boston
Richard G Bachur, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Society for Pediatric Research
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