Use of the diving reflex to treat supraventricular tachycardia in an infant.
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 53 (6) , 515-516
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.53.6.515
Abstract
A simple method for treating supraventricular tachycardias by applying ice cubes to the nose and upper lip is described. It should be particularly useful in younger children and depends on a sound physiological principle.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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