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Amiodarone in Pediatric Patients |
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| Authors: | MACDONALD DICK II M.D. WILLIAM A. SCOTT M.D. |
| Affiliation: | From the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Abstract: | The reported world clinical experience of amiodarone in children is revieived; the known age-dependent electro physiological and pharmacokinetic characteristics of amiodarone are examined; and guidelines for the use of amiodarone in children are suggested. |
| Keywords: | pharmacokinetics side effects supra ventricular tachycardia ventricular fibrillation ventricular tachycardia |