Tachycardia, Supraventricular
Conditions
Keywords
supraventricular tachycardia
Brief summary
Retrospective multicentre study on management of supraventricular tachycardia in prehospital setting.
Detailed description
Supraventricular tachycardia in prehospital setting may be managed with adenosine administration or with synchronised electrical cardioversion and there's no clear advantage between the two, even if international guidelines suggests to practice drug-first method.This study aims to evaluate any difference in outcomes and efficacy of the two methods and possible adverse effects of both.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza - AREU Lombardia
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carita
Azienda Usl di Bologna
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients accepting to participate * patients affected by supraventricular tachycardia that are managed prehospitally by the emergency medical service
Exclusion criteria
* not willing to participate, not able to give consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Efficacy of adenosine versus electric cardioversion in obtaining successful cardioversion of PSVT | Prehospital EMS assistance time | absolute numbers and relative percentages of successful prehospital cardioversions obtained with the two techniques |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| diagnostic accuracy for supraventricular tachycardia of the emergency medical service personnel | Prehospital EMS assistance time | Sensitivity for PSVT of the EMS personnel |
| adverse events | Prehospital EMS assistance time | incidence of predefined serious adverse events (SAE) between the two groups |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed