A varying presentation of refractory supra ventricular tachycardia in a newborn: A rare and unusual case report
Aditi Rawat, Mahaveer S. Lakra, Sagar A. R. Karotkar, Bhavana Lakhkar, Amar Taksande · 2026
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Description
Aditi Rawat and co-authors describe a newborn whose dangerously fast heart rhythm would not yield to the usual first drug, in a case report published in 2026. The baby was twenty days old, feeding poorly, breathing hard, and drowsy, with a heart rate of two hundred forty-eight beats per minute. Heart failure had already set in.
Doctors first loaded the standard drug, adenosine, in rising doses, but the rhythm held. The baby then needed a drip of a second rhythm drug, a further heart medicine, and an electric shock treatment to restore normal rhythm. Recovery followed, and the baby went home on two medicines that were later stopped at follow-up visits. The authors remind clinicians to move quickly to second-line drugs when the first fails, even in newborns.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aditi Rawat, Mahaveer S. Lakra, Sagar A. R. Karotkar, Bhavana Lakhkar, Amar Taksande |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |