
Episode 62: Problems during pregnancy with Jacqueline Galvan part 1
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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Pregnancy and SVT
Super ventricular tachycardia or svt from here on out is more common in some women with structural heart disease like ASD or VSD. Some paper suggests about 50 percent of women will have svt during pregnancy and that might be attributed to you just go and you'll go to the doctor more when you're pregnant because you're worried right so it may be why it seems more prevalent in pregnant patients. Adenosine six milligrams followed by 12 milligrams if it doesn't break it's very appropriate, an antacubital IV is helpful and a other useful agent would be verrappa mill. If it's unstable you still should consider synchronized cardo
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