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==Conduction== | ==Conduction: definition of LBBB and RBBB in children== | ||
RBBB: if consistent morphology and if QRS width >90ms in children < 4 years and >100ms in children 4-16 years<cite>aha</cite> | *'''RBBB''': if consistent morphology and if QRS width >90ms in children < 4 years and >100ms in children 4-16 years<cite>aha</cite> | ||
LBBB: if consistent morphology and QRS width >90ms in children < 4 years and >100ms in children 4-16 years<cite>aha</cite> | *'''LBBB''': if consistent morphology and QRS width >90ms in children < 4 years and >100ms in children 4-16 years<cite>aha</cite> | ||
==Normal neonatal ECG standards== | ==Normal neonatal ECG standards== | ||
{| class="wikitable" font-size="80%" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #E2ACB1;border-spacing:8px;" border="1" | {| class="wikitable" font-size="80%" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #E2ACB1;border-spacing:8px;" border="1" | ||
|+Normal neonatal ECG standards | |+Normal neonatal ECG standards<cite>schwarz1</cite> | ||
! style="width:70px" | Age group | ! style="width:70px" | Age group | ||
! style="width:90px" | Heart rate<br/>(beats . min<sup>-1</sup>) | ! style="width:90px" | Heart rate<br/>(beats . min<sup>-1</sup>) | ||
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|3–7 days | |3–7 days | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 90–166 (129) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | +77 to +187 (132) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 2·9 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0·08–0·14 (0·10) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0·02–0·07 (0·05) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 4·8 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 2·8 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 3–24 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0–17 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 9·7 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0·5–12 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0–9·8 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 10 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 25 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 48 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7–30 days | |7–30 days | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 107–182 (149) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | +65 to +160 (110) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 3·0 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0·07–0·14 (0·10) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0·02–0·08 (0·05) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 5·6 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 2·8 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 3–21·5 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0–11 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 7 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 2·5–16 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0–9·8 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 12 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 22 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 47 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1–3 months | |1–3 months | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 121–179 (150) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | +31 to +114 (75) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 2·6 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0·07–0·13 (0·10) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0·02–0·08 (0·05) | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 5·4 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 2·7 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 3–18·5 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0–12·5 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 7·4 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 5–21 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 0–7·2 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 12 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 29 | ||
| align="center" | | | align="center" | 53 | ||
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<ul> | |||
<li><sup>a</sup> 2nd–98th percentile (mean)</li> | |||
<li><sup>b</sup> 2nd–98th percentile (1 mm=100 µV)</li> | |||
<li><sup>c</sup> 98th percentile (1 mm=100 µV)</li> | |||
</ul> | |||
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==Distinguishing tachyarrhythmias in infants== | |||
{| class="wikitable" font-size="80%" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #E2ACB1;border-spacing:8px;" border="1" | |||
|+ Distinguishing tachyarrhythmias in infants<cite>schwarz1</cite> | |||
! style="width:80px" | | |||
! style="width:200px" | Sinus tachycardia | |||
! style="width:200px" | SVT | |||
! style="width:200px" | Atrial flutter | |||
! style="width:200px" | VT | |||
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| valign="top" | '''History''' | |||
| valign="top" | Sepsis, fever, hypovolaemia, etc. | |||
| valign="top" | Usually otherwise normal | |||
| valign="top" | Most have a normal heart | |||
| valign="top" | Many with abnormal heart | |||
|- | |||
| valign="top" | '''Rate''' | |||
| valign="top" | Almost always <230 b/min | |||
| valign="top" | Most often 260–300 b/min | |||
| valign="top" | Atrial 300–500 b/min. Vent. 1:1 to 4:1 conduction | |||
| valign="top" | 200–500 b/min | |||
|- | |||
| valign="top" | '''R-R interval variation''' | |||
| valign="top" | Over several seconds may get faster and slower | |||
| valign="top" | After first 10–20 beats, extremely regular | |||
| valign="top" | May have variable block (1:1, 2:1, 3:1) giving different ventricular rates | |||
| valign="top" | Slight variation over several beats | |||
|- | |||
| valign="top" | '''P wave axis''' | |||
| valign="top" | Same as sinus almost always visible P waves | |||
| valign="top" | 60% visible P waves, P waves <em>do not</em> look like sinus P waves | |||
| valign="top" | Flutter waves (best seen in LII, LIII, aVF, V<sub>1</sub>) | |||
| valign="top" | May have sinus P waves continuing unrelated to VT (AV dissociation), retrograde P waves, or no visible P waves | |||
|- | |||
| valign="top" | '''QRS''' | |||
| valign="top" | Almost always same as slower sinus rhythm | |||
| valign="top" | After first 10–20 beats, almost always same as sinus | |||
| valign="top" | Usually same as sinus, may have occasional beats different from sinus | |||
| valign="top" | Different from sinus (<em>not</em> necessarily ‘wide’) | |||
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| colspan="5" | | |||
<ul> | |||
<li>SVT = Supraventricular tachycardia</li> | |||
<li>VT = ventricular tachycardia</li> | |||
</ul> | |||
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