The paediatric electrocardiogram

New normal limits for the paediatric electrocardiogram.

AIMS Previous studies that determined the normal limits for the paediatric ECG had their imperfections: ECGs were recorded at a relatively low sampling rate, ECG measurements were conducted manually, or normal limits were presented for only a limited set of parameters. The aim of this study was to establish an up-to-date and complete set of clinically relevant normal limits for the paediatric E...

Bed Utilisation in an Irish Regional Paediatric Unit – A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Paediatric Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (PAEP)

Background Increasing demand for limited healthcare resources raises questions about appropriate use of inpatient beds. In the first paediatric bed utilisation study at a regional university centre in Ireland, we conducted a cross-sectional study to audit the utilisation of inpatient beds at the Regional Paediatric Unit (RPU) in University Hospital Limerick (UHL), Limerick, Ireland and also exa...

The electrocardiogram during angiocardiography.

It is often said that angiocardiography carries little risk, and series of more than a thousand injections without a death are on record (Sussman, 1948; Horger et al., 1951). During recent years, however, more than thirty deaths have been reported-the majority in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease. The exact cause of these deaths has still to be discovered. When Mr. R. C. Brock beg...

The Electrocardiogram in Pellagra.

Deficiency in thiamin, a factor of the vitamin B complex, may cause severe circulatory insufficiency. It is, therefore, of interest to study the circulation in another type of B-avitaminosis-pellagra. The circulatory disturbances encountered in pellagra are of no great clinical significance. Frequently low arterial pressure and tachycardia are present. CEdema, if there is any, can scarcely be a...

The normal composite electrocardiogram.